Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONROE COUNTY — People judge each other. People need more human connection. Those beliefs motivated three local women to bring the ...

A "disabled book" speaks with a reader at the Odense Public Library in Denmark. (Elin Tabitha Hansen/ Courtesy Human Library Organization) America’s public libraries have consistently reinvented ...

While most libraries prefer that readers use their quiet voices, we just visited a library in Copenhagen where talking is actually encouraged. Ronni Abergel founded The Human Library (or ...

The story was updated to correct the headline. When a friend of Tanya Evans told her that she was sure there were Afghan refugees in Northwest Arkansas but she just hadn't met any, it gave her an idea ...

What is The Human Library? The Human Library is a non-political and non-religious not-for-profit based in New York City. Co-founded 26 years ago by Ronni Abergel, The Human Library offers 30-minute ...