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As he did for the Fiscal Year 2026 budget, Trump once again proposed defunding the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for Fiscal Year 2027. This is his sixth attempt to dismantle the only federal agency dedicated to libraries and museums.

Citizens across...

I sat down to make a list of new and recent queer Latine books to read for Pride. But here’s the thing: I’ve been talking about most of the books that came to mind all year long. That’s a good thing, of course: celebration months should, after all, be gentle reminders to read lit by marginalized authors, but not the only time you think to do so. I’m proud to have queer books ...

Former President Joe Biden officially declared Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, but Black families across the United States had been celebrating the date for more than a hundred years. The holiday commemorates the official end of slavery, when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 to take control of the state and end the enslavement of African Ameri...