music First-ever reggaeton track in Library of Congress audio history library: Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" Rusty Blazenhoff

black history Watch the earliest known film made by a Black production company Thom Dunn

photography Library of Congress asks: Who the hell are the mystery people in these photos? David Pescovitz

pence 1800's "Baron Trump" looks enough like Barron Trump, other parallels, foster time traveling theories Kevin Reome

photography US Library of Congress needs help identifying the people in these photos David Pescovitz

music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn

Copyfight Library of Congress releases 11,700 freely usable photos of "roadside America," taken by John Margolies Cory Doctorow

poetry Joy Harjo named 23rd Poet Laureate, first Native American to serve in U.S. position of honor Xeni Jardin

Copyfight The Copyright Office's DMCA-defanging is nice, but man, there are: So. Many. Hoops to jump through Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Behold! The Library of Congress's audacious plan to digitize and share the nation's treasures Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Founder of Diamond Comic Distributors donates 3,000 comics rarities to the Library of Congress Cory Doctorow

Copyfight The old Register of Copyrights snuck a $25M fake line-item into the budget Cory Doctorow

videos Rosa Parks's papers and photos online at the Library of Congress Cory Doctorow

Science Digitizing the past and present at the Library of Congress Rob Beschizza

photography 11,000 public domain photographs of America's forgotten roadside attractions Mark Frauenfelder

politics Even Republicans admit Trump's jet is an unconstitutional bribe Jason Weisberger

politics Trump abruptly fires Carla Hayden, the first woman and first black Librarian of Congress Rob Beschizza

music Minecraft music released on appropriately blocky format Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

music Minecraft soundtrack inducted into Library of Congress Rob Beschizza

Oklahoma Oklahoma City's blue whale car wash was lost to time Popkin