I teach history in Connecticut, but I grew up in Oklahoma and Kansas, where my interest in the subject was sparked by visits ...

In the end, a group led by congressman and former president John Quincy Adams ensured Smithson’s vision was realized. Adams felt that the country was failing to live up to its early promise. He ...

It’s impossible for the Smithsonian to truthfully tell the American story without mentioning racism, sexism and other forms ...

President's order targeting the Smithsonian Institution aims to downplay the role of race and racism in American history, sparking criticism from civil rights advocates and historians.

In the executive order issued late last week, Trump criticized what he saw as “a concerted and widespread effort to rewrite our Nation’s history” that replaces “objective facts with a distorted ...

The assumption that there is a standard, agreed-upon truth about the country’s past is a fantasy. When declared by a sitting ...

President Donald Trump’s executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian ...

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President Trump's new executive order calls for the review and possible restoration of monuments removed since 2020, ...

President Trump signed an executive order last week aimed at "restoring truth and sanity to American history" through an ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with James Grossman, executive director of the American Historical Association, about the Trump administration's executive order to overhaul the Smithsonian Institution.

President Donald Trump has taken aim at the Smithsonian Institution in his latest executive order, titled "Restoring Truth ...