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​A recent White House report escalated the attack against American museums and historians, labeling the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution “radical activists who cannot be trusted.” This comes after President Trump’s previous comments on the Smithsonian in March of this year. Released by the White House Domestic Policy Council on...

Music has become an essential part of everyday life, helping people study, work, enjoy, and relax. Music is there whenever we need it, helping us enjoy boring and repetitive tasks and helping us embrace creativity and culture. Spotify is the biggest streaming music platform globally, and millions of people use...

All my childhood, growing up, I had people tell me that my eating habits were bad, and as an adult, they say I eat like a child. What they don’t know is that certain foods have a different effect on me. Grapes have a weird texture; bananas are too squishy,...

The World is the biggest stage for many countries, as dozens of nations face rough and challenging matches for the global prize. Every World Cup creates one champion, but it also leaves dozens of countries wondering what could have been. For the countries that fall short, the aftermath is often...

Not matter how big streaming services will become and already is, it doesn’t beat going to a live show and seeing real people do the show and being around fans of the same one. As someone who doesn’t live anywhere near a live show I’ve never experienced it but I...

As a child I loved Lion King so much that my mother taught me how to rewind the tape because I would watch it, rewind it, then watch it again. That is probably true for a lot of children in the 90s. As an adult one of my favorites has...

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