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After the Pentagon forced a mass exit of journalists who understood military finance, tactics and technology, their replacements have arrived: cranks, conspiracy theorists and both foreign and domestic propagandists
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Pentagon’s Preferred Propaganda Model
The Trump administration is trying to muddle reality—and create apathy.  
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October 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia's presidency with 54% of the vote, ending 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party amid economic turmoil. n.pr/4hn4L2Y
Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia's presidential runoff, topping right-wing rival
Centrist senator Rodrigo Paz won Bolivia's presidency with 54% of the vote, ending 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party amid economic turmoil.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
What books shaped you in high school? Here's what you said
More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.
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September 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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This summer’s pop culture moments aren’t just entertainment, they’re ready-made lessons in conspiratorial thinking, critical observation and verifying sources.

🔗 Get more free classroom ideas in our Back-to-School Toolkit + explore our newly improved #Checkology platform: go.newslit.org/Back2School
Back to School
Everything you need to kick off a school year full of critical thinking and news literacy skills — all in one place.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Every child deserves the chance to grow up with books in their home and stories in their hands. Thank you to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, Lt. Governor Howie Morales, and the entire New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department for making this dream a reality!
May 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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May 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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My First Memory (Of Librarians)
By Nikki Giovanni

#skybraries #skybrarians #booksky
MY FIRST MEMORY (OF LIBRARIANS) This is my first memory: A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky wood floor A line of green shades-bankers' lights down the center Heavy oak chairs that were too low or maybe I was simply too short For me to sit in and read So my first book was always big In the foyer up four steps a semicircular desk presided To the left side the card catalog On the right newspapers draped over what looked like a quilt rack Magazines face out from the wall The welcoming smile of my librarian The anticipation in my heart All those books-another world-just waiting At my fingertips Nikki Giovanni
April 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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📚⚖️ Libraries need legal champions in the digital age.

At @georgetownlaw.bsky.social iPIP Clinic, future lawyers are stepping up to defend access, equity & preservation. @lilabailey.bsky.social explains why that matters now more than ever: blog.archive.org/2025/04/05/d...

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Lila Bailey speaks to students seated at a table.
April 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Elizabeth school district ordered to return banned books to library shelves — again
https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/04/04/elizabethschool-district-must-return-banned-books-to-library-shelves/
A judge has once again told this district to put books it banned back on library shelves
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Colorado’s Elizabeth school district must return a set of 19 banned books to school library shelves by Saturday evening. The books are primarily by or about LGBTQ people, people of color, or both.
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April 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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D is for Democracy. The Contrarian's own Meghan Houser explores the subtle resistance of Dictionary.com
The Subtle Resistance of Dictionary.com
Can you use "context" in a sentence?
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March 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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America needs another Edward R. Murrow—a journalist whose fearless reporting exposed the dangers of McCarthyism. In 2025, as democracy wobbles, who will stand up to power and expose the truth? Marvin Kalb explores this question.
Is There a Murrow in the House?
Edward R. Murrow exemplified a free press unbowed by autocracy—and if American democracy is to survive, we need his like again
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March 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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When the history of this time is written down, the cowardice will be remembered as much as the fascism
March 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM