‘Muscle-flexing or urgent threat?’ How Trump’s assault on culture echoes the Nazis targeting ‘degenerate art’

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 17:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

As the US president hangs a fist-pumping portrait of himself in the White House and seeks to purge museums of ‘improper ideology’, our writer finds chilling parallels at a new show about the Nazis ri…

Despite Livia Tossici-Bolt's conviction, the US is not finished with making abortion a UK culture war issue | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 11:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

We should all be worried that the rightwing organisation Alliance Defending Freedom has been increasing its activities in this country

I couldn’t sleep the other night, because I made the fatal mistak…

Trump will not stop until every American relic reflects his imaginary world view | Kellie Carter Jackson

found 2025 › Apr › 01 (Tue) @ 16:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

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

Last week, Donald Trump issued another executive order, this one aimed directly at the Smi…

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

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 18:48 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

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

Artists, academics and politicians have shared their outrage…

What is the Smithsonian Institution and why is it important?

found 2025 › Mar › 29 (Sat) @ 08:31 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

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

On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institut…

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

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

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

Donald Trump revealed his intentions to reshape the Smithsonian Institution with an…

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums

found 2025 › Mar › 28 (Fri) @ 06:07 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The order says that "divisive narratives" must be purged from the US museums and research centres.

The demise of doggie bags: why restaurant leftovers are being left behind

found 2025 › Mar › 19 (Wed) @ 22:31 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Smithsonian ■

When was the last time you took food home after a meal out? If it’s a been awhile, you’re not alone. But what about all that waste?

Name: Doggie bags.

Age: According to the Smithsonian magazine, about …

‘Pandamonium’ as giant pandas from China make debut at DC’s National Zoo

found 2025 › Jan › 24 (Fri) @ 19:41 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Three-year-old bears Qing Bao and Bao Li can be seen on the zoo’s ‘giant panda cam’ after arriving in US in October

Two new giant pandas made their public debut at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Wa…

Revealed: How snobs in the world's top fashion houses are waging a silent war against the Trumps. Insider tells how they're blacklisted by designers, forced to buy off-the-peg and snubbed by Vogue - and the way Melania's fighting back

found 2025 › Jan › 22 (Wed) @ 07:44 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

As tradition dictates, the gown worn by the First Lady to the President's inauguration ball will, once it has finished being eyeballed, eventually wind its way to Washington's Smithsonian museum.