As the Justice Department fights to place Donald Trump's name on the Kennedy Center, the record shows that statutory memorials must be protected from executive overreach.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Whistleblowers reveal leadership hoarded millions in repair funds and faked safety crises, echoing the deadly neglect seen in the Flint Water Crisis.
By Maya Ellison ·
Thousands protested in Washington as Donald Trump forced the closure of the Kennedy Center, exposing how political vanity spends down shared cultural capital.
By Elena Rossi ·
After threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center for lack of recognition, Donald Trump faces a public revolt that proves shared culture cannot be owned by one man.
By Elena Rossi ·
There is a specific kind of madness that occurs when a leader decides that the physical landscape of a nation is merely a canvas for their own brand.
By Dana Whitfield ·
There is a specific, nauseating kind of vanity that views a national monument not as a sanctuary for the arts or a memorial to a fallen leader, but as a piece of distressed real…
By Sophie Naimi ·
In the world of shipping and trade, there is a fundamental rule: you do not change the terms of a contract after the capital has been deployed.
By Bram de Vries ·
The law does not care for the aesthetics of a building, but it cares deeply for the authority that governs it. When U.S.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The image is as stark as a courtroom sketch: President Donald Trump, aboard Air Force One, studying a placard that appears to read “Kennedy Center DEMOLISHED.” To some, it is…
By Caroline Ashford ·
The fences went up on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, slicing the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts off from the people of Washington, D.C.
By Sophie Naimi ·
There is a kind of arrogance that doesn’t know how to wait for a judge’s signature.
By Ruth Behrens ·
An elevated tarp currently hangs over the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, obscuring the name of a fallen president.
By Elena Rossi ·
In my years in the ER, I learned that the quietest patient is usually the sickest. You don't look at the guy screaming in the waiting room; you look at the one drifting off in the corner.
By Josie Calloway ·
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
In my father’s day, if a man wanted to put his name on something he didn't own, he didn't do it by trying to buy the town's goodwill; he did it by becoming the only buyer in the…
By Ruth Behrens ·
When a ceiling collapses during a rainstorm, it’s usually a sign that something has been neglected for a long time. But at the John F.
By Alma Cordero ·