How an Eight-Year-Old’s Question Led to a Children’s Book on Homelessness
Kursid Kids is a beautiful fantasy about the elimination of poverty.
The Indypendent
Eleanor J. Bader
How law enforcement’s over-reliance on confidential informants further corrodes the criminal justice system.
Cora’s Kitchen Dishes Hard Truths about Racism, Classism and the Limits of Friendship
A talented young black writer gets the opportunity of a lifetime, but it’s fraught with peril.
Russians Helping Ukrainians? An LGBTQ+ Group Leads the Way
RUSA LGBTQ+ is working hard to help Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia.
Brooklyn Public Library vs. the Book Banners
Newly-minted BPL e-cards are now available to young readers in all 50 states as book restrictions proliferate.
Fran Hawthorne’s new book, I Meant to Tell You, is a redemptive tale that illuminates the tenuous ties that bind us.
How I Overcame The Color Barrier at the New Yorker and Other Tales of a Young Artist
Sometimes chutzpah, a combination of bluster and gall, pays off. Just ask Liz Montague. When Montague was 22, she…
70 Years After Brown, Schools are Still Segregated
A new book by Leslie T. Fenwick explores the stark inequalities that have plagued schools for decades, and in some cases, have worsened since the 1954 Supreme Court decision.
New Free Youth Camp Taught by and for Trans and Queer Artists
Artists Jesse Pallotta and Angel Glasby undertook months of planning and preparation to create this free camp for 13-19 year-olds that offers thoughtful courses on photography, portrait drawing, vogue dancing, abstract painting and more.
Historian Robin D.G. Kelley looks at the raft of strategies Black activists have employed to keep the dream of freedom alive.