Library of Congress: The largest library in the world, located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress provides Congress with objective research to inform the legislative process, administers the ...

It's been called one of the best sports documentaries ever made. Last year, the inspirational movie Hoop Dreams celebrated ...

The 16mm film is believed to be the only known surviving copy of "The Heart of Lincoln," a silent movie about the life of President Abraham Lincoln.

EXECUTIVE ORDER: An executive order is a directive from the president which has the force of law, usually based on existing ...

Chicago — The ancient manuscript rested ... Prompted by Mundy’s hunch, the Library of Congress analyzed the papers this fall and made an astounding discovery. The manuscript was printed ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has issued a directive to state officials ordering them to bar pardoned Jan. 6 rioters from serving ...

Have you ever finished a Studs Terkel book and wondered, whatever happened to the people he interviewed? A seven-episode ...

Symbols really do matter. Trump has placed a picture of President Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office. Jackson was an owner of ...

The Department of Education inquiry will look into violations of Title VI, which protects students from race, color and ...

at the time one of the most impoverished neighborhoods of Chicago. By 1968, the group became a human rights organization inspired by the Black Panther Party, according to the Library of Congress ...

The 1926 film "The Flying Ace" will be screened with live musical accompaniment to mark Black History Month. The film is one ...

“Chicago is vast, so it’s not to say that there isn ... and that’s a beautiful thing,” she mused. Now digitized in the Library of Congress archives, the 1908 Mott’s Plumbing Fixtures catalog that ...