Michele Y. Washington
@culturalboundaries.bsky.social
Curious by nature. Designer, researcher, curator and design writer, and academic. Podcast host Curious Story Lab.
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“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”: https://theatln.tc/LNqNkLuT
November 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“The United States is now a nation run by public servants who behave no better than internet trolls,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues. “Who’s responsible for these choices? Your mother, apparently”: https://theatln.tc/LNqNkLuT
Koyo Kouoh’s Final Lesson on Pan-African Solidarity hyperallergic.com/1049597/koyo...
Koyo Kouoh’s Final Lesson on Pan-African Solidarity
After the curator’s death in May, an artists’ gathering in Nairobi proved that transnational solidarity today must be built on a commitment to an interdependent future.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Koyo Kouoh’s Final Lesson on Pan-African Solidarity hyperallergic.com/1049597/koyo...
Nyle Fort | African American and African Diaspora Studies Department afamstudies.columbia.edu/content/nyle...
Nyle Fort | African American and African Diaspora Studies Department
Nyle Fort, Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Columbia University
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October 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Nyle Fort | African American and African Diaspora Studies Department afamstudies.columbia.edu/content/nyle...
Why the Right Can’t Stand the “No Kings” Aesthetic hyperallergic.com/1050566/why-...
Why the Right Can’t Stand the “No Kings” Aesthetic
The growing movement’s visual language includes protest art and costumes that subvert President Trump's patriotic iconography.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Why the Right Can’t Stand the “No Kings” Aesthetic hyperallergic.com/1050566/why-...
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For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
For the second time this year, protesters gathered for “No Kings” rallies against the Trump administration. See more from the mass protests: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
How to Protect Your Right to Culture hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
How to Protect Your Right to Culture
The United States government’s coordinated repeal of the right to culture has grave consequences for the texture of our daily lives. But there are ways to fight back.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How to Protect Your Right to Culture hyperallergic.com/1049388/how-...
What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till? hyperallergic.com/1045554/what...
What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till?
As someone who questions institutional claims of neutrality and the ethics of curatorial practice, I wonder about the “museumification” of the weapon and the ramifications of its display.
hyperallergic.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What Does It Mean to Exhibit the Gun That Killed Emmett Till? hyperallergic.com/1045554/what...
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The world is hot — and only getting hotter. Here's what places around the globe are doing to keep cool, from repainting surfaces and installing outdoor showers to planting trees and going underground. nyti.ms/46CXyqn
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The world is hot — and only getting hotter. Here's what places around the globe are doing to keep cool, from repainting surfaces and installing outdoor showers to planting trees and going underground. nyti.ms/46CXyqn
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September 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
First They Came for Black History hyperallergic.com/1035834/firs...
First They Came for Black History
The erasure of African Americans from museum galleries is also a warning sign that any community's stories can be next.
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August 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
First They Came for Black History hyperallergic.com/1035834/firs...
The Intersection of Black Studies and Space: Mario Gooden Research Residency in Paris | Columbia Global Centers globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/interse...
The Intersection of Black Studies and Space: Mario Gooden Research Residency in Paris | Columbia Global Centers
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August 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Intersection of Black Studies and Space: Mario Gooden Research Residency in Paris | Columbia Global Centers globalcenters.columbia.edu/news/interse...
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Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.
Texas Democratic legislators flee state to protest GOP's redistricting plan
Texas Democrats fled the state Sunday, aiming to delay a plan to redraw the state's congressional map and give the GOP a bigger edge — an idea blessed by President Trump
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August 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Democratic state legislators fled Texas on Sunday in an attempt to deny a quorum to Republicans hoping to vote on a new congressional map that heavily favors the GOP even more than current districts.
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President Trump’s firing of the top data collector has few U.S. precedents. When other world leaders took similar steps, it rarely ended well. Economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy.
Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.
Economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy.
nyti.ms
August 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
President Trump’s firing of the top data collector has few U.S. precedents. When other world leaders took similar steps, it rarely ended well. Economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy.
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The EPA said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections in the U.S.
How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role
The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.
nyti.ms
August 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The EPA said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections in the U.S.
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Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.
Philadelphia found a way to keep kids learning in the summer, without federal dollars
Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.
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July 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Federal pandemic relief money supercharged summer learning. When that funding expired, Philadelphia found a way to keep its program going. It's an investment that's all about making learning fun.
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The artist behind Michelle Obama's portrait pulled her show from the National Portrait Gallery, alleging the museum wanted to remove her painting that depicts the Statue of Liberty as a transgender woman from the exhibition.
Artist pulls show from National Portrait Gallery over censorship concerns
The Smithsonian said the museum never wanted to remove Sherald's painting, but include video to "contextualize the piece."
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July 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The artist behind Michelle Obama's portrait pulled her show from the National Portrait Gallery, alleging the museum wanted to remove her painting that depicts the Statue of Liberty as a transgender woman from the exhibition.
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In Boston, the most consequential and far-reaching trial of the second Trump Presidency has been set in motion: A.A.U.P. v. Rubio, which challenges the Administration’s systematic campaign to arrest, detain, and deport pro-Palestinian student protesters.
A Federal Trial Reveals the Sprawling Plan Behind Trump’s Attacks on Pro-Palestinian Students
In Boston, a Reagan appointee is on pace to get to the bottom of the campaign against Mahmoud Khalil and others the Administration wants to deport over their activism.
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
In Boston, the most consequential and far-reaching trial of the second Trump Presidency has been set in motion: A.A.U.P. v. Rubio, which challenges the Administration’s systematic campaign to arrest, detain, and deport pro-Palestinian student protesters.
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Local public radio stations across the country are facing an unprecedented crisis. 76% of Americans agree – defunding public media would be a disaster for communities nationwide. Join the majority and #SavePublicRadio today!
American Coalition for Public Radio
American Coalition for Public Radio - Tell your lawmaker, save your public radio station
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July 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Local public radio stations across the country are facing an unprecedented crisis. 76% of Americans agree – defunding public media would be a disaster for communities nationwide. Join the majority and #SavePublicRadio today!
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One of the signature features of life under the Trump regime is a constant sandstorm of casual lies and destabilizing ambiguity. With the end of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” the public will lose one of its last pipelines to the truth.
What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” Means
CBS and its parent company, Paramount, have set an end date for one of the last public pipelines to some version of the truth.
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
One of the signature features of life under the Trump regime is a constant sandstorm of casual lies and destabilizing ambiguity. With the end of Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show,” the public will lose one of its last pipelines to the truth.
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Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!
July 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!