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3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship

When most people think of how governments stifle free speech, they think of censorship. That’s when a government directly blocks or suppresses speech. In the past, the federal government has censored speech in various ways. It has tried to block news outlets from publishing certain stories. It has punished political…

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Trump Fires National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet Over 'Inappropriate' DEI Support

Donald Trump has fired National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet, citing her strong support for DEI initiatives as 'inappropriate'—sparking legal and cultural controversy over presidential authority and museum independence.

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Smithsonian Museum managed to enrage Donald Trump because he just took a decision which isn’t even remotely legal

This is a battle over history and who gets to write it.

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National Air and Space Museum to reveal more renovated galleries on July 28

Hundreds of space artifacts are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. this summer.

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Director Ava DuVernay calls on artists and historians to resist ‘criminal’ Trump

Oscar nominee warns ‘truth itself is under revision’ while receiving award at Smithsonian American history museum

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Lessons from the fashion industry: Why some DEI efforts fail to resonate with consumers

United States President Donald Trump and his administration have set their sights on the “tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies,” firing federal staff and purging public institutions like the Smithsonian of their commitments to racial history.

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Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

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Civil rights leaders alarmed after bible and other artifacts are removed from Smithsonian African-American museum

Rev. Amos Brown said the museum provided a ‘flimsy excuse’ for returning his historical bible

The Independent UK

Black churches back embattled Smithsonian African American history museum after Trump's order

Some Black churches are pledging to support the National Museum of African American History and Culture following an executive order by President Donald Trump alleging exhibits there and at other Smithsonian Institution sites have expressed a “divisive, race-centered ideology.”

The Independent UK

'The Dream is [still] Alive': First IMAX film shot in space at 40 years

James Neihouse had one more thing to share. He pulled out a frame displaying strips of tape, each of which had notes from astronauts who filmed the IMAX movie "The Dream is Alive" 40 years ago.

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Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

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Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century

In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of “a distorted narrative” about race “driven by ideology rather than truth.” It singled out a current exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum titled “The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture” as an…

The Conversation

National Park Service restores original Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad webpage

The National Park Service has reversed edits and restored content to its webpage about Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the wake of news reports and public backlash over the changes

The Independent UK

"Sickening" order censors Black history

"You can't make America great again if you don't acknowledge all the things that America is"

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Questions linger on future of Smithsonian museums on women, Latinos - Roll Call

Some worry anti-DEI movement will slow progress on the two museums approved in 2020 by Congress and President Donald Trump.

The Guardian - US

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 Conversation

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 Guardian - US

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’

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The Guardian - UK

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

Latin Times

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."

Salon

The case for saving America's libraries

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

The Guardian - US

‘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

‘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

International Business Times

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.

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