At the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, the past is alive and fighting.
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Posted inWorking in America
Philadelphia Art Museum Workers Struggle for a Contract
Two years after winning a union vote, workers are still negotiating with the cultural icon. They’re raising the pressure on management.
Posted inElection Night Blog
Notre Dame, the National Museum of Brazil, and Weighing Cultural Losses
The world watched in horror Monday as a massive fire tore through Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, destroying large portions of the seven-century-old landmark. News channels went into special-coverage mode, newspapers around the world published impressive photos, and millions of dollars in donations for reconstruction began pouring in. A tragedy of this scale clearly merited the […]
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Black Culture and History Matter
It took 150 years after America officially abolished slavery to get a national museum on the black experience.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
New Treasure in Maine
The Colby College Museum of Art reopens, ready to share its $100 million gift and quietly bold vision.