Andrew Carnegie

Ilja Nieuwland's new book is the story of how fossils and their replicas become tools of capitalism, power, and privilege.

With nearly 2.5 billion materials circulated through more than 16,000 public branches, 2013 was one of the strongest years for libraries in the past decade. And things are looking up.

The dominant view of dying cities is outdated and wrong, and journalists are largely responsible for the geographic misconceptions.