NLWD

Happy National Library Workers Day!

Make sure you thank your librarians and other library staff members for all their help in getting you the information you want and need! Have a favorite library worker? Perhaps one who has gone out of his or her way to help a child struggling to read, or track down some elusive bit of genealogical information? Taught you about ILL or arranged an order for your favorite show? Submit a Star!


Links!

• Libraries, Books, Writers, & Suchlike
• Library of Congress: the Unexpected Diplomat 
• State of America's Libraries Report 2015  
• How Libraries Engage Local Advocates 
• Iowa Teachers Fight Ban of Absolutely True Diary
• Creative Courage for Young Hearts: 14 Emboldening Picture Books Celebrating the Lives of Great Artists, Writers, and Scientists 
• Fox Sports' Katie Nolan destroys her own network's sexist article 
• April 14, 1818: Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language is printed 
• Net & Tech
• The Attack on Net Neutrality Begins 
• Don’t Keep the Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Secret 
• What's driving Seattle's opposition to international trade pact? Income inequality, Bellevue rep says 
• Ten Facebook Pages You Need to Stop Sharing From 
• Health & Science
• Learning the Hard Way: My Journey from #AntiVaxx to Science
• Recall of Kids' Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec, Benadryl 
• Medical Marijuana Liquid Extract May Bring Hope for Children with Severe Epilepsy 
• Education
• Ivy League Stiffs Its Female Profs 
• Harvard Blockade of Faust’s Office Escalates Climate Protest 
• Corinthian Colleges and California Attorney General in For-Profit College Face Off 
• Senators Try To Revise No Child Left Behind — A Few Years Behind 
• How kicking a trash can became criminal for a 6th grader 
• International
• After Global Protests, Kenyan Court Sentences 3 Men Who Raped Teen 
• Authority Issues
• Sheriff Orders Immediate Internal Investigation Into Arrest Seen on "Disturbing" Video 
• Video shows Tulsa man’s last moments alive after accidental police shooting 
• Woman Tasered to Death by Deputies While She was Cuffed, Shackled, and Masked  
• When Prosecutors Put Winning Ahead Of Justice, America Murders The Innocent 
• I Could Have Been a Child Killer Sentenced to Life in Prison 
• If Reporting A Robbery Was Like Reporting A Rape: Why Most Rapists Never Do Jail Time  
• Other (Serious Stuff)
• The “Real Problems” Problem "It seems like people can't wait to get their hands on Wonder Woman so they can peel away all of the layers of superhero, Amazon, nigh-mythical figure of feminine independence and strength and focus on the idea of 'just an ordinary girl who likes blue jeans, ice cream and old, black-and-white romantic comedies, and who has trouble finding a real relationship.'...Male heroes are heroes first, and if their personal life enters the picture it’s to show how relationships would be nice except that they always get in the way of their goddamn heroing."
• Bobby Jindal’s revisionist economic history 
• IL Republican Gov Cuts Autism Funding -- On World Autism Day 
• Virginia Latest State to Ban-the-Box on Employment Apps 
• A New Phase in Anti-Obama Attacks 
• Working, but Needing Public Assistance Anyway Want to talk about ending government handouts? Let's start at the top: Cut food subsidies for wealthy CEOs, not needy families 
• Vengeful America Makes It Hard for Poor Ex-Felons to Eat "If somebody’s struggling so much that they resort to crime, should we really punish them by denying them food?"
• New York Investigates Retailers For Unpredictable Work Schedules  
• Who wrote the ‘IRS code’? Hint: It wasn’t the Internal Revenue Service Don't like the way taxes are done? Don't blame the IRS - blame Congress. Related: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The IRS

• Other (Fun Stuff)
• Happy Birthday! Peter Capaldi Turns 57 Today  
• Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year