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7 best music documentaries to stream right now

Feel the beat in these great music and band documentaries

Tom’s Guide

ABBA, The Notorious B.I.G. and Green Day named to the National Recording Registry

Every year, the Library of Congress names 25 "audio treasures" to be preserved permanently. This year's selections range from ABBA and Green Day to World War I-era jazz pioneer James Reese Europe.

WEKU

The GOP's hypocritical Tyson boycott

There are about 2.4 million farm workers in America. Foreign-born workers make up 68% of that workforce

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Library of Congress Haunted by ‘Ghosts’

CBS comedy will be featured at D.C. landmark April 9

Broadcasting & Cable

What is the foundation behind the Ruth Bader Ginsburg award controversy?

No awards will be given this year, the foundation told NPR, after a controversy exploded over changes to what was once called the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Woman of Leadership Award.

WEKU

Exploring The World's Top Ancient Libraries

Discover ancient libraries like the Library of Alexandria and the House of Wisdom, showcasing their rich collections and historical importance.

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Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin win the 2024 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

One of the most prestigious awards in American music, the Gershwin Prize recognizes musicians with a lifetime of contributions to popular songs. This year's winners are Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

WEKU

'Apollo 13' moon disaster movie hits a new high for film fans

"Apollo 13" showcased a real-life moon mission's troubles in space in 1970. Now, the 1995 film has a new honor: getting preserved in the Library of Congress for future generations.

Space

Italian-born explorer Henri de Tonti is important to Illinois history

Copies of Tonti’s journals are available in the Library of Congress and the Newberry Library. Tonti even had a Chicago Public School named after him, but it has since been renamed to reflect the Hispanic majority in the Southwest Side neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times

Salman Rushdie: 'Literature Is Powerful, Writers Are Fragile'

"If we can't trust ourselves as a culture to accommodate ideas we don't like," the novelist said at the Library of Congress, "then our ideas lose their value as well, because they become authoritarian."

Reason

Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and I have an idea

It's time for the US Library of Congress to buy the Internet Archive before the lawyers destroy our online history.

TechRadar

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.

Space

What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions

The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks

The Independent UK

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Notes, ponderings, doodlings: behind Capote’s creation of In Cold Blood

New manuscript offers insight into the painstaking work of writer’s seemingly effortless storytelling in true crime classic

Tribune News Service

San Diego's Lou Curtiss, a mentor to Tom Waits and other music greats, is celebrated in new film

SAN DIEGO — Tom Waits and RuPaul. Joan Baez and Mojo Nixon.

LiveScience

Why does hair turn gray?

Hair grays because pigment-producing cells get stuck within the hair follicle, research suggests.

Roll Call

Former deputy librarian of Congress named interim CRS director - Roll Call

Robert R. Newlen, a former deputy librarian of Congress, will be the interim director of the Congressional Research Service.

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CRS director to step down amid complaints - Roll Call

Congressional Research Service Director Mary Mazanec is stepping down effective June 30 amid persistent complaints about leadership.

The Hindu

US poet laureate dedicates ode to Europa for NASA mission to Jupiter's icy moon

US Poet Laureate, Ada Limón, wrote a new poem for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa

Space

A poem for Europa Clipper: US Poet Laureate Ada Limón reveals ode to fly on NASA Jupiter moon mission

"It is not darkness that unites us, not the cold distance of space, but the offering of water..." Those words, by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, are part of an ode flying on NASA's Europa Clipper.

The Independent UK

Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter

A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth

The Independent UK

National Archives leader confirmed amid turmoil over Trump probe

There's a new leader at America's National Archives

The Independent UK

Supreme Court Justice Stevens' private papers open to public

A massive selection of papers that belonged to liberal Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is opening to researchers at the Library of Congress

Reason

Justice Stevens's Papers Will Be Released While Justices O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer Are Still Alive

First stop for reporters: the Grutter and Gratz files.

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