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First-Stop Pop-Up Shop

The Metro First-Stop Pop-Up shop is back again this year at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library! Make the pop-up shop your first stop for your holiday gifts. Whether you want to rep your favorite station, get the perfect gift for the bus or rail lovers in your life, or for anyone living in and loving the DMV. You can also get your hands on some sweet DC Public Library merch as well.

Resistance 101

The revolution may not be televised, but it might be in your books. Check out these selections with your library card.

(Mis)Information Lab | Ranked Voting

Some US states, counties and cities have begun using ranked voting in elections. On November 5, 2024 DC voters approved Initiative 83, which will allow DC voters to rank their top five candidates if the DC council upholds it. Because the process is new and confusing to many voters, there are questions and misinformation surrounding the issue. Ranked voting has the potential to bring positive changes to the election process.

Commuter Picks: The People on My Bus Go Read, Read, Read!

Commuters I meet on my way to work tell me about their favorite books. If they're in the DC library catalog, I promise to read them. This blog presents five exceptional books that I probably would have missed if I hadn't tapped the love of reading that surrounds me every day on my way to work at the library. I hope this is the first of many Commuter Picks blogs. And if you see me on the Metro or bus, let’s talk!

Books Celebrating Diwali

Diwali, also spelled Divali, is one of the major religious festivals in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, lasting for five days from the 13th day of the dark half of the lunar month Ashvina to the second day of the light half of the lunar month Karttika. Celebrated by more than 800 million people around the world, the word Diwali is Sanskrit and it means "row of lights."