Posted on May 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the politics-adjacent bookish news of the past few days.
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Yesterday, a judge issued a temporary injunction ordering Donald Trump to pause his dismantling of the Institute for Museum and Library Service, to hire back any employees fired as a result of his executive order, and to disburse all promised grant money; this case was filed by twenty-one state attorneys general and is separate from another pending lawsuit filed by the American Library Association and AFSCME (Book Riot).
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Also yesterday, the Authors Guild filed a lawsuit against the National Endowment for the Humanities and several DOGE employees over the abrupt end to millions of dollars in grants (Literary Hub).
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Author George Saunders is one of many people speaking out against the supposed rationale for firing Dr. Carla Hayden from her post as librarian of Congress (The New York Times).
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Here's a closer look at the libraries on Native American tribal lands that risk closing entirely — and thus costing communities access to technology and literacy programs — because of the Trump administration's funding cuts (NBC News).
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