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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The Law Library of Congress highlights new titles concerning Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Mexico for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Posted in: Collections, Hispanic American History, Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Today’s Pic of the Week is a resolution, contained in a special supplement to the official gazette of Egypt, that can be roughly translated as a resolution from the Prime Minister, “Issuing the Administrative Regulations for the Law Concerning Persons with Disabilities.” …
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today’s interview is with Zuhair Mahmoud, an information technology specialist within the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) of the Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in Amman, Jordan, and adopted the U.S. as my new home at the age of 17. I attended high school at Chelmsford High in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, …
Posted in: Interview
Posted by: Geraldine Davila Gonzalez
Tomorrow is National Skip the Straw Day and while all around Washington, D.C. people are skipping the straw or switching to non-plastic straws, it made me wonder about the current straw laws in the U.S., especially here in D.C., and how we got to this point. Throughout its history, the straw has received countless makeovers, but I …
Posted in: Law Library