Donald Trump isn’t happy with the state of Washington, D.C. The president ordered the National Guard into the nation’s capital earlier this month —supposedly to crack down on crime, even though it’s been steadily declining. Now, he’s going after the city’s museums, including those that are part of the venerated …
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President Donald Trump‘s assault of theSmithsonianInstitution and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives continued on Friday. The president announced on Truth Social that he was firing Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, and accused her of being “a highly partisan person.” “Upon the request and recommendation …
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The past few months have been grueling for America’s art and music institutions, which have come under threat as President Donald Trump takes aim at dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across the country. Following Trump’s takeover of the John F.Kennedy Centerfor the Performing Arts — and its subsequent …
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A new Robert Johnson biography and a box set of previously unheard field recordings are among the first releases the Smithsonian and Folkways are planning from the collection of storied folklorist Robert “Mack” McCormick. The Johnson book — Biography of a Phantom — will be released on April 4, with …
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A trove of sound recordings, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera from the blues and folklore archive of Robert “Mack” McCormick will get a new home at the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. McCormick’s daughter, Susannah Nix, gifted the archive to the Smithsonian, which plans to start making it available to scholars …
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