In 2011 Scott Sherman wrote the first of a series of powerful Nation articles which disclosed that the trustees of the New York Public Library had hatched a covert plan to flog off… Read more »

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably heard about the Melville House Climate Project. But, in case you’re new around here, let’s recap! In November 2018, the Trump administration quietly released the USGCRP… Read more »

There are some folks who complain about kids these days reading their social media timelines instead of reading a good book. Now those whippersnappers can have their cake and eat it,… Read more »

Ditch the career counselor. Grab a library card instead. According to Kristin Toussaint writing for New York Metro, one branch of the New York Public Library wants to help teens look… Read more »

You’ve finally made it: Your parents have retired as apartment guarantors, there’s no partition walling your studio into a one-bedroom (for you and two friends to share), you have an elevator and no… Read more »

Despite what you might have heard, people are still using libraries. And in a pretty genius and generous cross-marketing plan, American Girl is using the New York Public Library. As… Read more »

Today we celebrate the paperback release of Patience and Fortitude, Scott Sherman’s account of the movement to save the beloved, beleaguered New York Public Library from trustees who, just before the financial crisis of 2008, had… Read more »

After a piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of the New York Public Library’s iconic Rose Reading Room in 2014, the space was closed off for a staggering two-and-a-half… Read more »

One in five children in New York City have library cards that they cannot use because of late fines. According to Jim Dwyer at the New York Times, the excellent… Read more »

Very good news came yesterday to all who love awesomeness, noble public institutions, and rock-and-roll-animalism in its many furious forms: Sarah Larson reports for the New Yorker that a huge… Read more »