The statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford College. Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.
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Inside One Texas Museum’s Controversial Pandemic Response – The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston was praised for opening its new building in November in spite of the pandemic and a hurricane. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building was part of a 10-year, $450 million expansion. However, some staff say that they did not feel safe going back to work at the time, and their concerns were not always accommodated. “The head of [human resources] was working from home when he denied my request to work from home,” one employee said. (