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Four years ago I chided Poland and its leaders for whitewashing its history. It got the Sun-Times sued. Now the United States ...
Donald Trump is suddenly backing away from a major detail about the planned meeting between the warring leaders.
President Donald Trump has been moving to take greater control over the Smithsonian Institution and said earlier this week that the organization focuses too much on “how bad slavery was.” ...
Only a racist would dare to defend or dismiss slavery, which stripped Africans of human rights and enslaved them as chattel to pick cotton on Southern plantations. They were often whipped and — in the ...
President Trump confirmed the White House is doing a review Smithsonian museums, where he complained "everything discussed is how horrible our Country is." ...
President Trump has plunged once more into the nation’s cultural wars — this time with Washington’s famous Smithsonian Institution in his sights. As is often the case, the manner of Trump’s attack ...
New York Times investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones talks about President Trump's criticism of the Smithsonian, saying the institution focuses too much on "how bad slavery was." ...
Trump said that he ordered his attorneys to review the Smithsonian museums, calling the institution "out of control" and focused too much on “how bad slavery was.” We asked museum visitors outside the ...
The president made the remarks in a social media post amid a White House review of Smithsonian museums and exhibits.
President Donald Trump reportedly plans to expand his push to whitewash “woke” museum exhibits on slavery and American ...
President Trump is escalating attacks against the Smithsonian museums, saying there’s too much focus on the negative aspects ...
Through its 21 museums, 21 libraries, 14 education and research centers and a zoo, the Smithsonian Institution’s collections are expansive and cover every aspect of U.S. history, including more than ...