Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maurice Newman chats with students about his experiences being a gay refugee from Jamaica during the school's "human library" ...

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 ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. One weekend in September, a couple walking their dog passed by ...

Purdue will host its annual Human Library event on April 1. The Human Library aims to reduce prejudice among people of diverse backgrounds and provide a safe platform to learn about others’ ...

The saying, “Don't judge a book by its cover,” means you should not guess the worth or value of something based on how it looks. That message was clear at a recent event called the Human Library ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. This article is more than 6 years old. The Human Library promotes ...

On a rainy spring morning in Muncie, Indiana, a White, middle-aged, conservative woman met a transgender woman for a date. It did not start well. The transgender woman was waiting at a table when the ...

The saying, “Don't judge a book by its cover,” means you shouldn't prejudge the value of something by its outward appearance. And that was one of the messages at a college near Washington, where some ...

When two people on completely different ends of the political spectrum told Mary Farmer-Kaiser that the Human Library was a great idea, she says she knew she needed to do what she could to make one ...