Rare Books on Sex Have Spiced Things Up at a Library Franklin Founded

The Library Company of Philadelphia, created in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, has received a gift of 1,500 volumes about ...
American Library Association

Explore American history with easily sharable, classroom-ready materials from the Library of Congress

US history, including its culture, economy, and political life, has been shaped by the movement of people and communities, ...
Inside Higher Ed

ED Issues New List of Professional Degrees After Court Order

More graduate degree programs will be eligible for higher loan caps, according to a list published Monday by the Education ...
Dezeen

The architecture of 13 presidential libraries from Hoover to Bush

Ahead of the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago next week, we take a look at 13 of the completed presidential libraries in the US. The term presidential library has become shorthand ...
The Conversation

Could the Democrats win control of Congress in the US midterms? All eyes are on these pivotal races

US presidential elections are always about a choice for the future. Who do you want to lead the country? Who will best address your needs? But the US midterm elections – where all the seats in the ...
The New York Times

House Votes to Rein In Trump on Iran War, in a Bipartisan Rebuke

A measure to direct an end to U.S. engagement in Iran was adopted with a handful of Republicans in support, sending a signal of opposition to the president’s handling of the war. By Robert Jimison and ...
NBC News

As Trump has usurped power, a weak Congress has diminished its own relevance

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump made a revealing admission about how he views Congress when touting one of his executive actions at what he thought was a private White House event. Limited time: ...
CNET

The Netflix Secret Codes That Unlock Every Hidden Genre in the Library

Netflix's hidden genre codes bypass the algorithm entirely and drop you straight into whatever category you're actually in the mood for.
KUOW

Food defined social hierarchy in 1776. Here's what was on the table

Around the time the United States was founded, Americans' diets included Parmesan ice cream and terrapin. But what you ate ...
Reuters

US House votes for measure that would end Iran war, in blow to Trump

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives approved a resolution on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from continuing the war against Iran, reflecting ...
The Guardian

Congress wants to tie the United States to Israel with this new legislation. It’s a trap

Israel and its lobby will use section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act to bind the US to a state that has gone rogue Congress is considering legislation that would embed Israel’s military ...
World Bank

Classification of Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations

The list of fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) is released annually by the World Bank Group (WBG) and aims to inform strategic and operational decision-making within the WBG. The list ...