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What Tackling Complexity Requires

When I think about the issues raised (or ignored) during the just-past election season, so many of them are unhelpfully complex — e.g., vaccines and how to fight the spread…
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From the Founder

Fed Up with Lies

As flood waters swirled around people’s homes and yards along with spiraling rumors and disinformation about emergency rescue services, I became fed up — fed up with the lies that…

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Banned Books Week at Planet Word

This week, visitors to Planet Word will confront an unusual sight in the Library: books wrapped in paper, their covers obscured, the word “BANNED” stamped across them. Banned Books Week…

From the Founder

We Need Diverse Books

When I was in graduate school, working on a degree in teaching, I was especially keen to learn how to teach reading so that all students would end up loving…