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‘We Put in Air Conditionin’, Stayed Year-Round, and Ruined America’

The incredible cooling technology fueled a shift in the congressional calendar — and likely led to more government shutdowns.

Politico

The Closest Calls: How America Nearly Forged a Different Path in 1916

An accidental snub changed history.

Politico

If Trump Gets Convicted, Blame Ulysses S. Grant

A post-Civil War statute could make all the difference in the case against the former president.

Politico

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Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

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What Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis Tell Us About the Trump Indictments

America has never prosecuted a former head of state. But Trump’s indictments aren’t as unprecedented as you might think.

Politico

The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they've left behind

At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Special Collections, where I am head curator, we’ve recently completed a major digitization and rehousing project of our collection of over 5,400 photographs made by Lewis Wickes Hine in the early 20th century.

The Conversation

Will A.I. Steal Our Jobs?

Yes, and thank god for that!

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How Abraham Lincoln Broke the Barrier Between Church and State

The evangelical church considered itself above politics — until the Civil War changed everything.

Politico

'Mistaken, misread, misquoted, mislabeled, and mis-spoken' -- what Woody Guthrie wrote about the national debt debate in Congress during the Depression

The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction – so it might seem strangely lighthearted to wonder what a Great Depression-era singer and activist would think about this particular political moment.

The Conversation

The photo archive bringing pre-Nakba Jerusalem alive

Mona Hajjar Halaby’s British Mandate Jerusalemites photo library on Facebook captures often ignored history.

Al Jazeera

Can a photograph change the world?

“Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.”

The Conversation

The presidential campaign of Convict 9653

On April 4, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the indictment of former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump on 34 felony charges related to alleged crimes involving bookkeeping on a 7-year-old hush money payment to an adult film actress.

The Conversation

Super Mario theme to be first video game music entered into US Library of Congress

The track is from 1985’s Super Mario Bros. game for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Evening Standard

I am beyond outraged that the Super Mario Bros. theme is the first piece of videogame music inducted into the Library of Congress

Dragon's Dogma snubbed again.

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Politico

There’s Already a Solution to the Crisis of Local News. Just Ask This Founding Father.

As modern lawmakers consider various means of public assistance for besieged local news sites, they can learn from the founders’ approach to supporting journals and gazettes.

Evening Standard

Our pick of 10 of the best documentaries by women to watch on International Women’s Day

From films about families to films about war, these extraordinary documentaries are likely to inspire

Asharq Al-Awsat

Joni Mitchell Honored at Star-studded Concert Gala

Artists spanning the genres came together Wednesday to celebrate the peerless Joni Mitchell, honoring her vast contributions to popular song. The pioneering singer-songwriter behind poignant hits including "A Case Of You," joins an elite coterie of composers including Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Tony Bennett and Carole King in receiving the…

The Conversation

Enrico Caruso: the first big opera star of the 20th century

25 February 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Enrico Caruso, one of the most admired tenors in history and one of the first to have his voice preserved for posterity through phonographic recordings.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters inducts San Diego composer Roger Reynolds, 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner

SAN DIEGO — Roger Reynolds, the visionary composer who earned a Pulitzer Prize for music in 1989 and has taught at UC San Diego since 1969, is one of this year’s 19 American Academy of Arts and Letters inductees.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. Presidents and Chicago: 234 years of presidential connections

With parks, school, statues, expressways and even a water-pumping station named for them, there are many ties between the Windy City and the 45 men who have served as president of the United States.

The Conversation

A brief history of the Black church's diversity, and its vital role in American political history

With religious affiliation on the decline, continuing racism and increasing income inequality, some scholars and activists are soul-searching about the Black church’s role in today’s United States.

The Atlantic

America’s Byron

Remembering the poet and novelist James Dickey on his centennial

The Independent UK

Man who claimed he had bomb near Capitol pleads guilty

A man who caused evacuations and an hourslong standoff with police on Capitol Hill when he claimed he had a bomb in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress has pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening to use an explosive

Tribune News Service

Movie review: No need to RSVP for this 'House Party'

Fun fact about Reginald Hudlin’s 1990 classic comedy “House Party” starring comedic duo Kid 'n Play: it was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant,” no doubt referring to the high-top fade and iconic kick-step dance that…

WEKU

Joni Mitchell wins Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from Library of Congress

Pathbreaking folk singer and songwriter Joni Mitchell has been awarded one of the nation's highest honors in songwriting.

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