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How Trump erased the story of George Washington’s slave, Ona Judge, who fled from Philadelphia to freedom
Years later, Judge described her narrow escape to Rev. Benjamin Chase in an interview for the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator.…
Louvre museum to hike ticket prices by nearly 50% for non-EU visitors to help pay for overhaul after stunning jewel heist
Paris’ Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to $37) for non-European visitors from…
PARIS (AP) — Paris’ Louvre museum has approved a ticket hike from 22 to 32 euros ($25 to 37) for…
Imagine standing on the edge of a misty mangrove at dawn, the water dark and still, knowing that beneath the…
The world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday after several pieces of invaluable jewelry were stolen in a…
The government shutdown couldn’t have come at a worse time for D.C. Its $11 billion tourism industry is bracing for impact
The government shutdown has officially entered its second week, but the worst effects may still be ahead for Washington, D.C.’s…
Harvard thought the Magna Carta it bought for $30 was a cheap copy. Turns out it’s from 1300 and could be worth over $20 million
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document…
Senior leadership at the Guggenheim will not be taking pay cuts, according to a museum spokeswoman, Tina Vaz. The cuts…
The Brooklyn Museum said Friday that it would soon cut more than 40 employees — between 10 and 13 percent…
Valerie Jarrett, chief executive of the Obama Foundation, doesn’t really believe in work-life balance. “This notion of work-life balance, I…












