Search the Library

In a special presentation as part of the Library’s yearlong sesquicentennial celebration, NPR’s Ari Shapiro – host of the award-winning news magazine...

Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College looks back on the 1957 space shot heard ’round the world: the Soviet...

French Emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte continues to fascinate, even centuries after his death. Jonathan Abel, associate professor of...

Carrie Westlake Whitney was a remarkable exception to the patriarchal times in which she lived, a 27-year-old woman who became the first full-time dir...

As part of the Library’s sesquicentennial celebration, decorated author Jacqueline Woodson joins in a public conversation about her life and career, t...

**Join us starting at 6 p.m. for a reception hour with food by Dutzel's Catering, music by The Phantastics, and two special drinks. The Kansas City...

In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...

The country continues to struggle with the issue of capital punishment and questions ranging from how fairly sentences are imposed and carried out to...

Incentives of various types are widely offered to encourage and promote economic development – a point of competition and controversy in a years-long...

Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students falling short often falter in l...