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Head of DC’s African American museum on leave as Trump targets Smithsonian

Kevin Young has been absent since 14 March, weeks before president’s order taking aim at ‘anti-American’ content

The Guardian - US

With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars

I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits to local museums.

The Conversation

Trump will not stop until every American relic reflects his imaginary world view

The US president’s attack on the Smithsonian isn’t about truth. It’s about erasure, and ‘erasure is violence’

The Guardian - US

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As Trump rewrites even America’s history, institutions have two choices – submit or find ways to resist

The Smithsonian’s museums have been ordered to root out ‘divisive narratives’. It’s part of a pattern: the battle lines are now clear, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Trump Targets Smithsonian Institute in 'Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History' Executive Order

President Donald Trump has taken aim at the Smithsonian Institution in his latest executive order, titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History."

Latin Times

The case for saving America's libraries

America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically

Salon

‘It reminds you of a fascist state’: Smithsonian Institution braces for Trump rewrite of US history

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

The Guardian - US

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‘It’s a scary time’: artists react to White House’s recent targeting of Smithsonian Institution

Roberto Lugo and other artists of color are now feeling heat from Trump’s attack on diversity and efforts to rewrite truth of the US’s past

The Guardian - US

What is the Smithsonian Institution and why is it important?

A Trump executive order aims to uproot ‘anti-American ideology’ from the US museum and research complex

The Guardian - US

Performance, Museums, History: Trump's Cultural Power Grab

Washington's Smithsonian is a sprawling chain of museums dedicated to both celebrating and scrutinizing the American story -- and the latest cultural institution targeted by President Donald Trump's bid to quash diversity efforts.

International Business Times

Why President Donald Trump now has a problem with the Smithsonian

Trump believes institutions have fallen prey to ‘woke’ ideology

The Independent UK

Vance tasked with purging Smithsonian

The White House wants the quasi-independent network of museums to remove "improper ideology" from its collections

Salon

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for ‘improper ideology’

JD Vance to lead plan as Trump says there’s been ‘concerted’ effort to rewrite US history with ‘distorted narrative’

The Guardian - US

Trump issues executive order targeting ‘woke’ and ‘anti-American’ culture in US museums

Donald Trump has signed an executive order titled "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" which targets the Smithsonian Institution. It directs JD Vance to "eliminate improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology."

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Al Jazeera

Trump orders removal of ‘improper ideology’ from top US museums

Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums.

International Business Times

Trump Order Targets 'Improper Ideology' At Famed US Museums

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to remove "improper ideology" from the famed Smithsonian Museums -- and the National Zoo -- expanding his conservative clampdown on cultural institutions.

The Independent UK

Trump breaks with 175 years of Smithsonian tradition and pushes for more control to rid it of ‘anti-American ideology’

Trump to overhaul the world’s largest museum, education and research complex to ‘restore truth and sanity to American history’

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s weird obsession with the arts is part of the authoritarian playbook

His focus on the Kennedy Center fits a pattern. From Augustus to Stalin, strongmen have sought cultural control for their own ends, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

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The Independent UK

Renowned Obama portraitist Kehinde Wiley accused of groping up-and-coming artist

Exclusive: Ogechi Chieke claims she lost interest in pursuing an art career after the alleged attack

The Conversation

Suffocating seas: low oxygen levels emerging as third major threat to tropical coral reefs

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and increasingly acidic seawater. These global threats are caused by seawater absorbing the excess heat and carbon dioxide that fossil fuel burning has added to the atmosphere. But there is another consequence that…

The Conversation

After Hurricane Helene, survivors have been in a race against time to protect family heirlooms, photographs and keepsakes

The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina – be it physical, psychological or economic – is difficult to quantify. But the numbers reported by the Office of State Budget and Management are harrowing: over 100 deaths, US$59.6 billion in damages and thousands of homes destroyed, as of Dec.…

The Independent UK

The best of New York City’s tiny bizarre hidden museums

One is even built into an old elevator shaft in a downtown alleyway – Katherine Roth explores

Salon

Inside the Museum of Food and Drink

"Why isn't there a Smithsonian-level institute dedicated to the study of the culture and science behind food?"

USA Today Sports Media Group

‘History of Sportfishing’ film series said to be worthy of Smithsonian

“The Endless Summer” meets Ken Burns is how Michael Fowlkes imagined this documentary, one filled with compelling vintage footage and photos.

Space

NASA's Robonaut-2 reunited with its ride into space at Smithsonian

NASA's space shuttle Discovery has been reunited with one of its last crew members. The National Air and Space Museum debuted Robonaut-2 (R2), NASA's first dexterous humanoid robot flown into space.

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