Archive - Fair For All

Smartphones, declining friendship rates, and the social costs of convenience—what happens when technology and modern life make it easier to live but…

Oct 18 • Fair For All

Three Provocative Films and a New Campaign for Artistic Freedom

This fall, we'll share the stories of how grants to FAIR artists have supported something larger than individual projects: the freedom and courage to…

Oct 16

Has a Loss of Community Created a Mental Health Crisis for Today’s Youth?

As traditional sources of belonging fade, young people are left navigating a world of unprecedented digital connection—and profound ‘real world…

Oct 15 • The Rational Female

Reading comprehension, intellectual freedom, and the debate over book bans.

Oct 11 • Fair For All

Federal Agencies Put Schools on Notice About Parental Consent for Mental Health Screenings

Why written parental consent matters, and how to get answers from your school.

Oct 9 • Fair For All

“Banned”, Really?

The argument over what counts as a “banned” book distracts from a more troubling question: whose perspectives are libraries making available to readers?

Oct 8 • mulhern

Three Years After October 7: Seeing the Person, Not the Politics

Confronting the rise in antisemitism and affirming everyone’s right to dignity and respect.

Oct 5 • Fair For All

Preserving a culture of reading—from ensuring libraries offer a genuine range of viewpoints to keeping whole books at the heart of children’s education…

Oct 4 • Fair For All

Banned Books Week: The Freedom to Read Needs a Neutral Library

A new home for FAIR in Libraries, a new way to report library bias, and how you can help

Oct 2 • Fair For All

Let’s Make Every Week “Freedom to Read Week”

Public libraries should reflect the reading interests of their communities—not the ideological preferences of the people choosing what goes on the…

Oct 1 • mulhern

September 2026

Something Unusual Happened at the Emmys

Is it possible that Hollywood is dialing down the politics and keeping the drama on the screen?

Sep 30 • Karen JP Howes

Three perspectives on merit, identity, and the institutional consequences of putting ideology ahead of individual achievement.

Sep 27 • Fair For All

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