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'It's brutal:' Sudden grants cuts devastate Iowa museums, libraries and cultural nonprofits
Rapid Trump administration cancellation of federal grants leaves Iowa cultural nonprofits reeling, threatens some with ...
The art of resistance: Trump’s attack on humanities triggers a blowback movement.
T hree weeks ago, the Trump government ordered the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to cancel all the funding to ...
First to ABC: House Dems urge JD Vance to preserve Smithsonian independence
The top Democrat of the House Administration Committee, Rep. Joe Morelle, and other Democrats who have oversight of the ...
Race and gender narratives in federal museums targeted by Trump administration
President Donald Trump’s executive order threatens to pull federal funding from exhibits and programs the administration ...
'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race
As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines ...
Towns across the USA share a historic name. This man visited them all.
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, reenact the start of the American Revolution every year, but this year's festivities ...
Raj Tawney: The Smithsonian is not a ‘distorter.’ It’s a mirror
Raj Tawney, an essayist and journalist who writes about family, food and culture, is the author of “Colorful Palate: A ...
Trump sets sights on national African American history museum
President Trump targets museums he said push divisive ideology. Activists and historians say he's trying to erase the ...
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Guest column: Revisionist history at American museums needs to be addressed. Here's why.
Funding for the report was provided by the Andrew Mellon, Alice L. Walton and Ford Foundations. In 2023, Mellon committed ...
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Meet the Scientist Using Micro-CT Scans to Explore Big Questions About Evolution
Corinthia Black studies the anatomical features of fishes and spiders to understand how life on Earth takes shape ...
Plans to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary were underway. Then came the federal funding cuts
Leaders of state humanities councils throughout the country say federal funding cuts by President Donald Trump's ...
House Democrats Criticize Trump’s Smithsonian Order
In a letter to Vice President JD Vance, four U.S. representatives on a committee that oversees the cultural institution urged him to reject President Trump’s push to reshape it.