Donald Trump was the subject of much internet mockery on Tuesday after he griped in a Truth Social post about the Smithsonian Institution (checks notes) portraying slavery as a bad thing. In the post, ...

President Donald Trump escalated his campaign to purge cultural institutions of materials that conflict with his political directives on Tuesday, alleging museums were too focused on highlighting ...

The Trump administration attorney leading the White House review of the Smithsonian Institution’s programming said the museum has an “overemphasis on slavery.” Lindsey Halligan, a special assistant to ...

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history. By Zolan Kanno-Youngs Reporting from Washington President ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. On March 27, 2025, in an executive order ...

Today people are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst. Sen. Tim Kaine (D–Va.) actually said, "The United States didn't inherit slavery from anybody; we created it." An MSNBC "expert ...

A group of powerful anti-slavery advocates issued a warning Tuesday, declaring that “millions of lives are at risk” unless urgent, coordinated international action is taken to eliminate modern slavery ...