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The History of the NEA Is the History of the Culture Wars

In 2020, four major museums were set to showcase the first retrospective of painter Philip Guston’s work in over 15 years. Spanning five decades,...

28.07.2026 10

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What Author and Poet Victoria Chang Learned From Trees

Eucalyptus trees have been scattered across California since the 1850s, when they were brought over by Australians flocking to the Gold Rush. The...

07.07.2026 10

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Celebrating America Doesn’t Have to Mean Erasing Our History

In the leadup to the semiquincentennial, President Donald Trump has waged a war on topics he deems “divisive,” from DEI to critical race theory....

04.07.2026 20

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The Federal Government Has Made America 250 a Spectacle. These States Want It to Be a Moment for Reflection.

On New Year’s Eve, fireworks bloomed behind the Washington Monument. Along the side of the 550-foot structure, a birthday candle was projected,...

03.07.2026 10

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Kimberlé Crenshaw Says Juneteenth Reminds Us “Freedom Is Not a One and Done Situation”

I first heard the word “intersectionality” during an identity workshop I took in undergrad. Inside our student center, my classmates and I stood...

19.06.2026 10

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Food Recalls Are Good, Actually

Over the last few months, Trader Joe’s has pulled thousands of cases of focaccia bread and frozen fried rice from its shelves for potentially having...

30.04.2026 20

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America Can’t Let Go of George Washington’s Slave-Holding History

During the summer of 2020, as protestors rallied against racial injustice, at least two dozen monuments of Confederate soldiers and slave owners were...

07.04.2026 20

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A New Film Explores the Not-So-Distant History of Gay Cruising Arrests

Last June, as David was returning from visiting friends in New Jersey, he stopped to use a restroom in New York City’s Penn Station. He told Out...

04.03.2026 30

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Trump Wants You to Forget That George Washington Owned Slaves

On Thursday just before noon, bundled up couples and small groups of people wandered through the President’s House on Independence Hall, some...

21.02.2026 300

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Hero of 2025: Rosalía

The staff of Mother Jones is, once again, rounding up the heroes and monsters of the past year. This is a non-exhaustive and totally subjective...

02.01.2026 40

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Alabama’s Poet Laureate Reckons with Personal and Political Grief

In 2023, while on a group hike through the Sipsey River, Ashley M. Jones, Alabama’s youngest and first Black poet laureate, sat in a clearing and...

24.09.2025 40

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