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  1. The Art Trump Doesn’t Want and the Artists Left Behind

    Last year, arts organizations and cultural institutions across the US received an alarming message: Their federal grants had been canceled. The letters said their projects no longer aligned with new federal priorities and that money was being redirected toward the Trump administration’s agenda. The grants had funded museum exhibits, public art programs, historical research, and […]

    murica.website/2026/03/the-art

  2. The Art Trump Doesn’t Want and the Artists Left Behind

    Last year, arts organizations and cultural institutions across the US received an alarming message: Their federal grants had been canceled. The letters said their projects no longer aligned with new federal priorities and that money was being redirected toward the Trump administration’s agenda. The grants had funded museum exhibits, public art programs, historical research, and […]

    murica.website/2026/03/the-art

  3. A New Year, a New War

    As news broke that Iran’s supreme leader had been killed, prominent critic Arash Azizi found himself trying to make sense of a moment he had long imagined. For years, Azizi studied Iran’s political system and hoped for change from within. Now, with the man who defined that system gone, Azizi was left with questions: What […]

    murica.website/2026/03/a-new-y

  4. Mr. Rogers and the Fight for Public Media

    On the anniversary of Fred Rogers birthday, we take a trip to Mr. Rogers’ real life neighborhood in this special episode that celebrates the life and work of public media’s most famous defender. Reveal’s Michael Schiller visits WQED in Pittsburgh for a look back at how Fred Rogers, the host of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, championed […]

    murica.website/2026/03/mr-roge

  5. The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston

    In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on his car phone to report a shooting.  He said he and his wife were leaving a birthing class at a Boston hospital when a man forced him to drive into the mixed-race Mission Hill neighborhood and shot them both. Stuart’s wife, Carol, was seven months pregnant. She would […]

    murica.website/2026/03/the-rac

  6. How RFK Jr. is Dismantling America’s Health Policies

    The new food pyramid says it all. In January, the federal government released updated dietary guidelines for Americans that reimagine the pyramid by literally turning it upside down. The guidelines, which once prioritized foods like grains while minimizing fats, now recommend red meat, whole milk, proteins, and healthy fats. It’s one of the most unmistakable […]

    murica.website/2026/03/how-rfk

  7. The Film the BBC Wouldn’t Air

    Two veteran journalists set out to document Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s health care system: hospitals attacked, medical workers killed, doctors detained and held for long periods without criminal charges. The BBC had commissioned the film.  But their Palestinian sources in Gaza and the West Bank were skeptical.  “We really had to try and persuade them…to […]

    murica.website/2026/03/the-fil

  8. Iran, the US, and the Making of a New Middle East

    US and Israeli military strikes against Iran that killed several of the country’s top officials, including longtime supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have ushered in a new and unpredictable era in the Middle East. Within hours, Iran retaliated, striking US allies across the Persian Gulf, including US embassies and a military operations center in Kuwait. […]

    murica.website/2026/03/iran-th

  9. Ibram X. Kendi vs. America’s “Antiracism Backlash”

    Just a few years ago, historian and activist Dr. Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be everywhere. At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, Kendi became one of the leading voices on racism in America—and particularly what he described as antiracism. In 2019, his book How to Be an Antiracist became a best-seller. And […]

    murica.website/2025/07/ibram-x

  10. The Secret Story of FTX’s Rise and Ruin: Part 1

    Sam Bankman-Fried was once called the “crypto king.” But in November 2022, his company, FTX, imploded within a matter of days. All around the world, customers of the cryptocurrency exchange were suddenly cut off from their money.  “I tried to withdraw an amount, you know, and it would spin and say, your, your withdrawal is […]

    murica.website/2025/09/the-sec

  11. Ibram X. Kendi vs. America’s “Antiracism Backlash”

    Just a few years ago, historian and activist Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be everywhere. At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, he became one of the leading voices on racism in America—and particularly what he described as antiracism. In 2019, his book How to Be an Antiracist became a bestseller. And later, […]

    murica.website/2026/02/ibram-x

  12. The Man Who Taught Nonviolence to Martin Luther King Jr.

    Back in February 2010, the radio show State of the Re:Union, created by Al Letson, produced an award-winning episode looking at civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. The episode was called “Who Is This Man?” because while Rustin was not well known, his work supported the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. Rustin was a man […]

    murica.website/2026/02/the-man

  13. How ICE Became Trump’s Very Own Paramilitary Force

    Over the last few weeks, Minneapolis has looked like a city under siege. The Trump administration has sent roughly 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota in what Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has called the “largest immigration operation ever.” This comes as protests have spread around Minneapolis and across the country demanding […]

    murica.website/2026/01/how-ice

  14. What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers

    Kansas City police Officer Matt Masters first used a Taser in the early 2000s. He said it worked well for taking people down; it was safe and effective.  “At the end of the day, if you have to put your hands on somebody, you got to scuffle with somebody, why risk that?” he said. “You […]

    murica.website/2026/01/what-po