Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — The Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation is honored to be included on the 2026 Giving List, recognizing ...

DELAVAN — The Delavan Aram Public Library’s ongoing expansion and renovation project has gotten a funding boost from the Green Bay Packers Foundation. The Delavan Aram Public Library Foundation was ...

Deichman Bjørvika, the main library in Oslo, occupies a prominent site next to the opera house and the Munch Museum. Whereas many American downtown libraries favor classical design, Oslo’s is ...

The Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side is set to open next June. And now, the Center has addressed years of public criticism over its unconventional design, with an ...

The environmental journalist and author died on Dec. 30, the JFK Library Foundation announced Stephanie Sengwe is a pop culture enthusiast with over 10 years of experience working as a digital writer, ...

The Obama Presidential Center is breaking its silence after years of criticism over its unconventional design, with an Obama Foundation official now addressing public questions about the project.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library $2 million, the largest private donation the nonprofit has ever received. The donation will help fund ...

Reading Rhythms and The New York Public Library are teaming up to transform NYPL’s flagship lending library in Midtown, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), into an after-hours winter ...

President Donald Trump is drawing renewed criticism after responding to the death of Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of the 35th president, John F Kennedy, on Tuesday by reposting criticism of the ...

The Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation has announced a major gift from the Robert & Elizabeth Allsop Charitable Trust in support of the city’s new westside library project. In recognition of the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Ninety-nine years ago, Christmastime shoppers lingered before the displays of the Eaton’s store in downtown Toronto. “On a pre-Christmas afternoon – the purple twilight shattered with shafts of rosy ...