Publishing Labor Wins: The NewsGuild-CWA keeps stacking victories: Hachette Book Group and University of Chicago Press workers voted to unionize this week, adding 730 new members and signaling momentum across major and academic presses. Book Censorship Fight: An appeals court let Arkansas’ 2023 library-materials restriction move forward, reviving criminal liability and local control questions that libraries and bookstores say chill the freedom to read. Book Culture & Community Reading: Ohio’s Morrison-related “Bench by the Road” program spotlights Toni Morrison’s legacy with a community read-in, tying physical memorials to active reading. New Degree Pathways: UNH launched faster, lower-credit online applied bachelor’s options aimed at transfer and working students, a reminder that education access is still a publishing-adjacent story. Tech & Media: TSA leaned into a quirkier social voice while handling a “cannonball” airport incident; meanwhile, AI news and AI training practices keep raising concerns about accuracy and how content gets reused.