In its 150th anniversary year, the American Library Association’s time is finally up.
For decades, America’s largest library membership association supported librarians, accredited schools, and recommended quality books with no clear political agenda. But that was then. In recent years, the ALA’s traditional mission has been co-opted by radical leadership. During the COVID-19 pandemic, former ALA President Emily Drabinski openly moved the association in a “Marxist lesbian” direction. ALA President Sam Helmick (they/them) is the current poster child of the ALA’s “collective action,” using whatever clout the ALA has left to promote drag shows to children. The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services waits in the wings as a ready-made alternative.
