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FILE PHOTO: Trump escalates attacks against the Smithsonian Institution
Daily News Lesson August 21 2025

Scholar says Trump's efforts to reframe U.S. history is 'reminiscent of McCarthyism'

Learn more about the Trump administration's review of 22,000 museums in the United States
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Daily News Lesson July 08 2025

The Smithsonian is creating a time capsule of hopes and wishes for the next 50 years

Learn more about the Smithsonian's newest time capsule, which will not open to the public until 2075.
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam
Daily Video February 05 2019

Amid calls for Virginia governor's resignation, a look at blackface's long racist history in America
Use this NewsHour lesson to learn about the racist history of blackface and discuss whether or not Gov. Ralph Northam should resign.

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