The 2022 midterms ended with power split in Washington and were very divisive, much like the recent 2026 midterms. Republicans narrowly won the House, 221 seats to 213, while Democrats… read more →
When hundreds of millions of people use AI every day, the question is no longer whether to govern it but who does, and how well. Between mid-2025 and late 2026,… read more →
The best baby books for infants are sturdy, simple, and made to be shared: high-contrast books for newborns, then bright board books with faces, textures, flaps, and rhythmic text as… read more →
Education was the first sector to feel generative AI at scale, and by 2025 the experiment phase was over. A U.S. survey of 2,003 students, teachers, and parents… read more →
For many working mothers, the hardest part of the job isn’t the job. It’s everything around it, and child care is the biggest issue. A June 2026 report from the… read more →
Professional Skeptics Librarians have a long record of adopting new information technology, from online catalogs to e-books and public internet access. Generative AI has been different. As chatbots and AI… read more →
On October 8, 2026, the Swedish Academy named Canadian poet, essayist, and classicist Anne Carson its newest literature laureate [1][2]. Her win ends a five-year stretch honoring memoir, drama, poetic… read more →
In 2026, a library card can connect a first grader with a reading tutor, a high schooler with a live calculus helper at 11 p.m., and a teenager with an… read more →
Libraries have survived every information revolution, from microfilm to the open web, but artificial intelligence is testing the profession like few previous technologies. The question is no longer if AI… read more →
The Right Book, Found Faster For years, the standard advice for reluctant readers was simply to “find the right book.” The problem was that finding it meant wandering the shelves,… read more →