Bookcon Chaos & The Power of Readers Showing Up

PM Modi in Hyderabad: CM Revanth Reddy Welcomes PM for ₹9,400 Cr Project Launch

El Rancho Convention Center - May 30th

“Can a politician punish the press for getting something wrong?” In 1960, The New York Times ran a full-page ad supporting the civil rights movement. It was called “Heed Their Rising Voices.” And yes — some details were wrong. Then L.B. Sullivan, a Montgomery, Alabama city commissioner who supervised the police, sued for libel. The ad didn’t even name him. But an Alabama jury awarded him $500,000 — a massive judgment meant to send a message. His case went all the way to the Supreme Court. And in

In seven Southern states including Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas prison labor is completely unpaid. Zero dollars. Not minimum wage. Not below minimum wage. Zero. And this week Louisiana just passed a law to make sure they never run out of workers. Louisiana passed a law making homelessness a felony. A first offense means 6 months in prison. A second offense means up to 2 years of hard labor. If you cannot afford your court mandated treatment you will perform unpaid labor to pay off you

We knew it was going to happen, and this week it did. The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. I wanted to share a few thoughts as we gear up for the fight ahead.

Mangle Paddle Ball at ACEN 2026!

𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬

Hilarious Mistaken Cosplays at Day 2 of the Con