Smithsonian caught in the crosshairs of Trump’s history wars
Trump singled out a few museums, including the Smithsonian, dedicating a whole section of an executive order on 'saving' the ...
With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars
Most recent debates center on how much attention should be given to the history of the nation’s accomplishments over its ...
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In the crosshairs: Trump opens up a new front in the history wars | Opinion
I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits ...
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Can Trump Really Control the Smithsonian? Here’s What We Know
How does the Smithsonian work, and can President Trump control how they represent race, sex, and American history in its ...
What is the Smithsonian, and why is President Trump unhappy with it?
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the ...
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With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the US administration opens up a new front in the history wars
The Smithsonian Institution was founded in 1846 thanks to its namesake, British chemist James Smithson. Smithson willed his estate to his nephew and stated that if his nephew died without an heir ...
Donald Trump has taken aim at what he calls the ‘woke’ view of American history
In an era of contention over race, gender, colonialism and the treatment of Indigenous peoples, figures on both the left and ...
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Trump Orders Purge of Black History from Smithsonian
Even the most cynical observers knew this day would come.