It’s hard to read the news right now. The ongoing reports from Israel and Gaza are heartbreaking, with civilian deaths, suffering, and tragedy in almost In the midst of such suffering, grief, and horrific actions, it feels difficult to know what news coverage to trust, particularly when bias and prejudice is clearly so rampant. How can we navigate remaining informed and advocating for the innocent who are suffering when we are in a media landscape shaped by politics and prejudice?
‘Leo the leak’ campaigner Chay Bowes has claimed the New Zealand mass killer Brenton Tarrant was trained by Ukraine’s “infamous” Azov Battalion, on Russian TV.
May 20th, 2021, 12:48PM / BY Lauren Lyons
On June 3 live from Panama, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute staff share their ground-breaking research on tropical forests and marine ecosystems.
Smithsonian Associates Streaming continues through June with individual programs, multi-part courses, studio arts classes and virtual study tours produced by the world’s largest museum-based educational program.
Tuesday, June 1
How To Fix a Democracy: Lessons From an Age of Acrimony: Jon Grinspan, curator of political history at the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, delves into the deep and sometimes wild history of American democracy to uncover a period of extreme division in the late 1800s. This session focuses on political reforms put in place in the 20th century. 6:45 p.m. ET $20-$25