Authoritarianism is on the rise across the globe, including in the United States. In April 2025, NPR reported that in a survey of over 500 political scientists, the majority believed that the United States was moving from a liberal democracy toward authoritarianism....
Rigoberto A. González, “Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas” (2020) was among the artworks targeted in a statement from the White House on August 21, 2025. (photo courtesy the artist) In the wake of Trump’s Truth Social rant earlier...
In a Truth Social tirade on Tuesday, Donald Trump called the Smithsonian Institution, which his administration has sought to reshape to favor so-called American exceptionalism, “out of control.” The museum and research network, he said, focuses too heavily on “how bad...
The Trump administration will begin a “comprehensive internal review” of the Smithsonian Institution, including an examination of exhibitions, curatorial processes, educational materials, and programming related to the 250th anniversary of the United...
The Smithsonian Institution has removed a label from the National Museum of American History exhibition The American Presidency that referenced Donald Trump’s two impeachments. The news of the removal was first reported this week by the Washington Post and...
New York City-born artist and provocateur Andres Serrano wants the United States Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale to showcase his apparently uncritical display of more than a thousand Trump memorabilia items, including a flattering, warm-hued portrait of the...
A crude sketch of a naked woman allegedly hand-drawn by President Donald Trump was in a salacious 50th birthday album gifted to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Wall Street Journal report published yesterday, July 17. Trump has denied...
Crypto mogul Justin Sun is — unsurprisingly — making another controversial investment decision, and this time, we wish it were just an overpriced fruit duct-taped to a wall. Last Wednesday, July 9, the notorious buyer of Maurizio Cattelan’s...