PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of th...

Listen in as three young organizers reflect on what motivated them to get involved in voter registration and electoral campaigns.

This is your guide to public records and databases journalists use to analyze candidates.

After a two-year renovation project, the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo announced it will reopen its doors in January.

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo.

In 2026, the Smithsonian and 25 Smithsonian Affiliate organizations nationwide will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with the Making History, Making Change Lecture ...

The Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship encourages arts writers of color to write about art from their own cultural and political perspectives to enrich and broaden arts writing as a practice and p...

Editors please note: JANM’s Pavilion is closed for renovation; programs will continue on the JANM campus and at other locations at janm.org/OnTheGo.

Join the Democracy Center for a screening of the award-winning short documentary, Unseen Territories, that highlights fourteen artists who examine and reimagine the American flag through powerful, per...

History cannot be stopped, but it can be captured. We know these moments because someone was there to document them.

History cannot be stopped, but it can be captured. We know these moments because someone was there to document them.