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 ·
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 ·
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 ·
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 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 ·
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 ·
There is a particular kind of heartbreak in watching a man treat the institutions he helped build as mere vending machines for his own will.
By Caroline Ashford ·