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  • A Delightful Short Film Highlights the Remarkable Self-Taught Art of George Voronovsky

    In the mid-20th century, before preservation efforts revived Miami’s Art Deco South Beach neighborhood with bright colors and lavish hotels, the area was a whitewashed holiday haven for retirees. And in a third-floor room of the Colony Hotel, which looked out onto the building’s marquee and the street below, a unique artistic endeavor unfolded. Ukrainian read more

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    A Delightful Short Film Highlights the Remarkable Self-Taught Art of George Voronovsky

  • Citing George Orwell, Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of Slavery Display at George Washington’s Presidential House

    Comparing the Trump administration’s efforts to control historical documentation to George Orwell’s 1984, a federal judge ordered the return of displays that acknowledge George Washington’s ownership of enslaved people to a monument in Philadelphia. Last month, the National Park Service removed the signs from the President’s House Site, the presidential residence for Washington and John read more

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    Citing George Orwell, Federal Judge Orders Reinstatement of Slavery Display at George Washington’s Presidential House