Kuwait: Amendment Raises Minimum Age of Marriage to 18

06/06/2025

Kuwait: Amendment Raises Minimum Age of Marriage to 18

06/05/2025 10:46 PM EDT

On March 15, 2025, the Amir of Kuwait promulgated an amendment to Kuwait’s Family Code, raising the minimum marriage age to 18 years for both males and females. Previously, the minimum age was 15 for females and 17 for males.On February 13, 2025, the Minister of Justice in Kuwait, Nasser Al-Sumait, announced the Kuwaiti cabinet …

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Healing Work in Puerto Rico – A New Occupational Folklife Project

06/06/2025

Healing Work in Puerto Rico – A New Occupational Folklife Project

06/06/2025 09:00 AM EDT

In 2023, the American Folklife Center awarded folklorist Selina Morales with an Archie Green Fellowship to interview traditional healers living and working in Puerto Rico. Morales, in collaboration with filmmaker Alexis Garcia, used the fellowship to create a new Occupational Folklife Project collection, titled “Healing Work in Puerto Rico.” In this post, Morales and Garcia discuss their collection with Dr. Nancy Groce (Senior Folklife Specialist, American Folklife Center).

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Congress.gov: House Floor Today Update

06/06/2025

H.R.2966

American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025 (06/06/2025 legislative day)

NLS BARD Support: Cancelation of June Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker program

06/06/2025

Cancelation of June Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker program

Due to the federal Juneteenth holiday on Thursday, June 19, the regularly scheduled Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker program for June will be canceled. We will resume the Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker program on Thursday, July 17. The topic for that program will be My Talking Book Skill Preferences: Part 2.

The Zoom link for the July program will be released closer to the program date. To review past programming, please go to www.loc.gov/nls/news-and-updates/smart-speaking-to-the-smart-speaker.

—The BARD Support Team

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25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2012

06/06/2025

25 Years of the National Book Festival: Highlights from 2012

06/06/2025 12:00 PM EDT

Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals as we lead up to the 2025 festival on September 6th. This week we remember 2012, with featured videos from Walter Isaacson and Lois Lowry.

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Visualizing the Collections: United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

06/06/2025

Visualizing the Collections: United States Treaties and Other International Agreements

06/06/2025 12:00 PM EDT

Explore the scope of the Law Library's U.S. Treaties and Other International Agreements Collection in two data visualizations.

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Wendy Red Star, Searching for Chief Plenty Coups

06/06/2025

Wendy Red Star, Searching for Chief Plenty Coups

06/06/2025 12:11 PM EDT

Wendy Red Star is a Native American visual artist whose work has received widespread acclaim and been awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, commonly galled the "genius grant." Her work is also collected at the Library. In this short essay, she writes about a research trip to the Library and how the collections inform her work.

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European Union: General Court Rules European Commission Must Grant the New York Times Access to Documents on Vaccine Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

06/06/2025

European Union: General Court Rules European Commission Must Grant the New York Times Access to Documents on Vaccine Procurement During the COVID-19 Pandemic

06/06/2025 12:41 PM EDT

On May 14, 2025, the General Court of the European Union annulled a European Commission decision not to grant the New York Times access to documents regarding the procurement of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Times had requested access to all text messages exchanged between the president of the Commission and the chief executive …

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“Scenery Unsurpassed”: Real Estate Promotion Through Maps

06/06/2025

“Scenery Unsurpassed”: Real Estate Promotion Through Maps

06/06/2025 01:50 PM EDT

The Geography and Map Division collections include vibrant nineteenth century maps showcasing brand new American communities and promises of the "good life" to prospective lot or home buyers. This post explores the common themes and fascinating details of these highly artistic maps designed to lure investment.

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