We are a mother-daughter writing team. In mid-April, one of us, Cathy Johnson, found out that the U.S. Naval Academy had removed her book in a Trump administration-led purge of its library.

She chose this selection because each title was on the list of 381 books that were removed from the shelves of Nimitz Library at the U.S. Naval Academy, many of them related to race or gender.

residents and former USNA faculty hold a public reading of Maya Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” on Saturday at City Dock to protest the 381 books banned from the Naval Academy ...

The Naval Academy held its first spring parade Friday afternoon on Worden Field. A visual presentation of the military discipline, professionalism and teamwork necessary to succeed as a member of ...

A Naval Academy graduate accused of ripping down a pride flag from an Annapolis tattoo shop was given probation before judgment following a Monday afternoon bench trial. Benjamin Michael ...

Holiday said he shared his briefing slides in advance with the Navy, which included a reference to the New York Times' story about the U.S. Naval Academy's recent decision to pull some 381 books ...

The US Naval Academy canceled a lecture that author Ryan Holiday was scheduled to give to students there last week after he refused to remove slides from his planned presentation that criticized ...

By John Ismay John Ismay, a Pentagon reporter based in Washington, was commissioned as an officer from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1999. April 11, 2025 Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ...

By John Ismay John Ismay, a Pentagon reporter based in Washington, was commissioned as an officer from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1999. April 24, 2025 For 65 years, the U.S. Naval Academy’s ...