Walk into a library and you’ll feel it right away. It’s quiet but alive. People are reading, learning, applying for jobs, finding shelter, escaping for a moment into a story. No one’s selling anything ...

Two documentaries premiering at Sundance this weekend are set thousands of miles apart — in Nairobi, Kenya and Texas, respectively – but at the heart of their stories is the same thesis: the ...

Shiro and Wachuka are two Nairobi women who attempt to transform the McMillan Memorial Library, a whites-only library until 1958, into a modern and vibrant cultural hub. Their attempts to navigate ...

The former Sacramento News & Review building is seen on Del Paso Boulevard in July 2021. The Sacramento City Council is expected to approve a $7 million construction contract on Tuesday to convert the ...

His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library. By David A. Fahrenthold Shane ...

The film has two charismatic protagonists, but directors Maia Lekow and Christopher King fail to render a complete portrait of their community. Shiro (a writer) and Wachuka (a publisher) are first ...

As a shy child, I cherished trips to my local library. From “The Giver” by Lois Lowry to “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, I was transported to different worlds and time periods ...