EveryLibrary in the News 2026 - January to March
From January to March 2026, EveryLibrary’s work and the evolving landscape for libraries were featured across a wide range of national, state, and local media.
From January to March 2026, EveryLibrary’s work and the evolving landscape for libraries were featured across a wide range of national, state, and local media.
News coverage during this period reflected the breadth of pressures facing libraries, from debates over book removals, sweeping state directives, federal budget threats, and new attempts at nationwide book bans, legislative proposals targeting library collections, and the growing national conversation about the future of public spaces. These stories also show a surge of resistance and hope. Reports highlighted grassroots campaigns to defend the right to read, large-scale read-ins and community mobilizations, and coalition efforts that restored funding and protected library access. New freedom-to-read initiatives, high-profile advocacy victories, and innovative public engagement, from election wins to strategic partnerships, demonstrated the power of library supporters nationwide. These stories, taken together, chart a critical moment for libraries in which political, legal, and cultural battles continue to intensify, but so too does the resolve of advocates determined to ensure libraries endure.
Read our June - December 2025 press mentions here: https://www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary_in_the_news_2025_june_to_december.
January
Book Riot
Popheist
Library Journal
Victoria Advocate
Words and Money
Book Riot
Great Battlefield Podcast
Infodocket
People’s World
Highland County Press
Publishers Weekly
February
Book Riot
RA for All
Words and Money
Coastal Point
School Library Journal
Vanity Fair
KPCW
QSaltlake
Delaware Online
March
Concord Monitor
Literary Hub
Infodocket
Publisher’s Weekly
The Advocate
School Library Journal
What's Good Here by Jody Eddy
The Gazette
When They Told Me To Write, I Bowed
The Gazette
The Library Network
Library Journal
KXAN.COM
Infodocket