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Trump targets Smithsonian in culture war
The president is attacking America's premier history museum for exhibits he sees as ideologically driven, threatening its bipartisan legacy.
Ars Technica · 4m
Roy Cohn's playbook from McCarthy to Trump
A new biography traces how one lawyer's tactics shaped American politics across decades.
NPR · 1m
The Lost Descendants of Thomas Jefferson
A Smithsonian scientist used DNA from Jefferson's hair to confirm what historians long debated: he fathered children with Sally Hemings, his enslaved chambermaid.
The New Yorker · 3m
Women religious shaped America's moral soul
Archbishop Lori tells sisters their greatest gift wasn't institutions but forming the nation's conscience.
Vaticannews · 2m
A century of National Geographic
A stunning new book gathers 700 images from National Geographic's archives to tell the visual story of America, state by state.
Digital Camera World · 2m