The TSA will now flip through your anarchist literature
A new federal airport security protocol requiring TSA agents to examine passengers’ reading materials is raising questions about whether such screenings could lead to increased profiling on a religious or… Read more »
Ebony magazine is leaving Chicago after a seventy-two-year run
The news that Ebony magazine is cutting staff and relocating its office from Chicago to Los Angeles has locals mourning the end of an era. The move, reported earlier this… Read more »
Ohio private prison sued for censoring inmates’ reading materials
A private prison in central Ohio has been accused of illegally censoring reading material that its inmates have access to. On Wednesday, Courthouse News Service reported that a private Utah-based… Read more »
One Philadelphia library deals with the ravages of the opioid epidemic
As we’ve previously discussed on MobyLives, libraries across the country seem to be expanding their services to patrons who are most in need. In the past couple of years, libraries in… Read more »
At the Denver Public Library, helping the homeless is a necessary challenge
As we’ve previously written, while libraries across the country face potentially reduced funding under President Trump’s budget plan, it’s easy to forget just how expansive their roles in our communities are. Earlier this… Read more »
Turkish magazine shuttered over photo of anti-Erdoğan grafitti
Even the mildest story about cats won’t escape the censors in Turkey right now. For months, we’ve been covering President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ever-expanding crackdown on Turkish journalists and publishers, instigated in response to the attempted coup last summer. The… Read more »
Russian blogger receives suspended sentence for playing Pokémon Go in church
For some reason, the Russian activist and blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky’s arrest and detention in October for filming himself playing Pokémon Go in a church in Yekaterinburg didn’t seem to attract quite the same… Read more »
Gannett takes concerns about fake Facebook users to the FBI
Media giant Gannett has become so concerned about the number of fake Facebook users descending on its pages that the company has turned to the FBI for help. As USA Today’s Elizabeth… Read more »
The New York Times attributes a rise in digital subscriptions to Trump
Admit it: you’ve probably found the New York Times’ homepage ads declaring that “the truth is more important now than ever” disconcerting, right? Not disconcerting enough to make you unsubscribe,… Read more »
Writers denounce the New York Times’ decision to hire Bret Stephens
While the widespread anger over the New York Times’ decision to add Bret Stephens to their roster of op-ed writers has focused on his troubling views on a number of issues,… Read more »