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July 3, 2025, 12:16pm Happy July 4th eve! Even if you’re not feeling so rah-rah on the American experiment these days, there’s still a lot to celebrate tomorrow. In addition to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the fourth is also when New York State abolished slavery in 1827 and when the first edition […]


Book Censorship News, June 27, 2025

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Kelly is a former librarian and a long-time blogger at STACKED. She’s the editor/author of (DON’T) CALL ME CRAZY: 33 VOICES START THE CONVERSATION ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH and the editor/author of HERE WE ARE: FEMINISM FOR THE REAL WORLD. Her next book, BODY TALK, will publish in Fall 2020. Follow her on Instagram @heykellyjensen. View […]


This Week’s Bestselling Books + More News

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Welcome to the Saturday edition of Today in Books, where it’s all Book Riot, all the time. Here are the biggest news stories we covered this week. Meet The Freedom to Read Teen Advocacy Toolkit, a robust program and toolkit built for library workers, educators, and community organizations working with today’s young people to support and […]


Book Censorship News, June 20, 2025

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Having written this column since mid-2021, I sometimes forget what I’ve covered. In some ways, I haven’t written anything new in the world of book censorship because the tactics, goals, and outcomes have not changed much at all over the course of this significant era of censorship. The guide to 56 tasks you can take to end book […]


Only Fun News in Books

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Devil Wears Prada Again And we’re not calling it faux pas. Emily Blunt spilled the tea on […]


Trump tariffs news: How prices could change

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What is the true cost of tariffs?  It’s debatable — not only because of political biases, but also because it’s far from straightforward to calculate just how much of the levies consumers end up paying. Even so, it’s possible to estimate how much the price of common items could increase under President Donald Trump’s various […]


The Biggest Bookish News We Covered This Week

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week. Settle into your Sunday and catch up! A Wealth of Summer Releases From the NYT Between our own list of the best beach reads […]


All the News We Covered This Week

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displayAdWhenGTMReady(“inside1”); Welcome to Today in Books. In this weekend edition, a look at all the news Book Riot covered this week. How To Build a Voters Guide for Public Library Board Elections The Best Books of the Summer, According to the LA Times Politics Can Now Dictate Public Library Collections in Three States, Per Fifth […]


CBS News trims staff ahead of expected mass Paramount Global layoffs: sources

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CBS News quietly slashed three high-level positions ahead of a major round of layoffs across parent company Paramount Global that is expected to kick off this summer, The Post has learned. The embattled Tiffany Network — which has seen ratings plunge at its morning show and evening news program, and is being sued by President […]


Trump tariffs news: Advertisers look for flexibility

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Brands and advertisers are seeking flexible terms as they face uncertainty about how President Donald Trump’s new tariffs will affect their businesses. The push for more lenient agreements, in which companies could pivot budgets quickly or shift their focus to different types of marketing as they react to the duties, has been the focus of […]