Deanna Bowen
@narrowrooms.bsky.social
Artist. Educator. Rebel Rouser: https://linktr.ee/narrowrooms
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In a new letter, the White House renewed its threat to withhold funding from the Smithsonian unless it hands over programming plans and other documents to be evaluated for their commitment to celebrating “American exceptionalism.”
White House Renews Threats to Smithsonian Institution
A letter to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch reiterates that federal funds are conditional on the organization turning over records, including exhibition drafts.
hyperallergic.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In a new letter, the White House renewed its threat to withhold funding from the Smithsonian unless it hands over programming plans and other documents to be evaluated for their commitment to celebrating “American exceptionalism.”
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'In 1963, prominent Black artists and activists including Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and James Baldwin called for a nationwide Christmas boycott, urging Americans to refrain from holiday spending as a moral response to racial terror.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
The Christmas Americans Were Asked to Give Up | THIRTEEN
YouTube video by THIRTEEN
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December 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
'In 1963, prominent Black artists and activists including Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and James Baldwin called for a nationwide Christmas boycott, urging Americans to refrain from holiday spending as a moral response to racial terror.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKm... | @thirteenwnet.bsky.social
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Before she was America’s oldest park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin was a Black woman navigating wartime labor exclusion, and the paperwork of inequality
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/23/w...
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/23/w...
December 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Before she was America’s oldest park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin was a Black woman navigating wartime labor exclusion, and the paperwork of inequality
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/23/w...
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/23/w...
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Even in the down year of 1950, Langston Hughes’s Christmas Cards show his writing wit still bristling. For those who may have had a hard year leading up to these winter holidays, there’s some defiant joy to glean from his wry greetings.
Christmas Cheer from a Lean Year: The 1950 Holiday Cards of Langston Hughes
The Beinecke Library at Yale University is exhibiting Hughes's typewritten 1950 Christmas postcards, along with holiday cards he received from friends.
hyperallergic.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Even in the down year of 1950, Langston Hughes’s Christmas Cards show his writing wit still bristling. For those who may have had a hard year leading up to these winter holidays, there’s some defiant joy to glean from his wry greetings.
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Racism in the NHL didn't end when Willie O'Ree stepped onto the ice calgaryherald.com/feature/raci...
December 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Racism in the NHL didn't end when Willie O'Ree stepped onto the ice calgaryherald.com/feature/raci...
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Despite CBS News announcing it would pull a "60 Minutes" report about the Trump administration's sending detainees to a maximum-security "mega-prison" in El Salvador, the intended segment is circulating online, having been streamed in Canada.
Postponed '60 Minutes' segment on Salvadoran prison is streamed by Canadian outlet
CBS News under its new editor-in-chief pulled the segment which was to run Sunday in the U.S., generating criticism — including from the correspondent who reported on it.
nbcnews.to
December 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Despite CBS News announcing it would pull a "60 Minutes" report about the Trump administration's sending detainees to a maximum-security "mega-prison" in El Salvador, the intended segment is circulating online, having been streamed in Canada.
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George Conway, the former conservative lawyer turned critic of President Trump, has filed paperwork to run for Congress in New York City as a Democrat, a source close to Conway confirms.
George Conway files paperwork to run for Congress as a Democrat
Conway would run in the crowded primary for the New York House seat currently held by retiring Rep. Jerry Nadler.
nbcnews.to
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
George Conway, the former conservative lawyer turned critic of President Trump, has filed paperwork to run for Congress in New York City as a Democrat, a source close to Conway confirms.
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Reindeer herder Juha Kujala says he’s losing many of his animals to wolves. Finnish scientists suspect the predators are crossing from Russia, where the war in Ukraine means fewer hunters. https://cnn.it/4j6JMCe
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reindeer herder Juha Kujala says he’s losing many of his animals to wolves. Finnish scientists suspect the predators are crossing from Russia, where the war in Ukraine means fewer hunters. https://cnn.it/4j6JMCe
Yay Bill 🪅🪅
He gave away his art after learning he had 18 months to live. Now his cancer's in remission | CBC News
After Bill Staubi was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer, he was determined to find a home for his life's work: a 1,300-piece art collection, four decades in the making. But now that the cancer is i...
www.cbc.ca
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yay Bill 🪅🪅
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Le regard de notre caricaturiste Chloé sur l'actualité du 22 décembre 2025 👉 bit.ly/4pWz0RY
December 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Le regard de notre caricaturiste Chloé sur l'actualité du 22 décembre 2025 👉 bit.ly/4pWz0RY
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How U.S. cold case investigators solved the murder of an Indigenous carver from B.C. vancouversun.com/news/how-us-...
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How U.S. cold case investigators solved the murder of an Indigenous carver from B.C. vancouversun.com/news/how-us-...
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Two separate videos, recorded on Dec. 11, show security guards at the hospital pushing Brydon Lafavour across the parking lot in a wheelchair.
Temperatures at the time were between minus 25 and minus 26.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has responded.
Temperatures at the time were between minus 25 and minus 26.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has responded.
Hospital authority in Sask. says security guards banned from facilities
The security guards involved in an incident at the Prince Alberta Victoria Hospital in Sask., are banned from working at similar facilities.
www.aptnnews.ca
December 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Two separate videos, recorded on Dec. 11, show security guards at the hospital pushing Brydon Lafavour across the parking lot in a wheelchair.
Temperatures at the time were between minus 25 and minus 26.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has responded.
Temperatures at the time were between minus 25 and minus 26.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has responded.
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Charges laid after horrific alleged hate-motivated crimes targeting women and members of the Jewish community in the GTA. Our hearts go out to those who have been hurt or made to feel unsafe in their community by the alleged crimes of these individuals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4e9...
Project Neapolitan | Police arrest three with 79 charges in hate-motivated criminal investigation
YouTube video by CP24
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December 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Charges laid after horrific alleged hate-motivated crimes targeting women and members of the Jewish community in the GTA. Our hearts go out to those who have been hurt or made to feel unsafe in their community by the alleged crimes of these individuals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4e9...
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The Anishnabe community of Kitsicakik in northwestern Quebec will have access to electricity after 50 years.
It is one of the last communities in the country to be without power and it cost $35 million to accomplish.
It is one of the last communities in the country to be without power and it cost $35 million to accomplish.
After waiting 50 years, an Anishnabe community will finally have access to electricity | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The Anishnabe community of Kitsicakik in northwestern Quebec will have access to electricity after 50 years.
It is one of the last communities in the country to be without power and it cost $35 million to accomplish.
It is one of the last communities in the country to be without power and it cost $35 million to accomplish.
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Four dozen residential school survivors from the Lake Manitoba First Nation have decided to travel the province to revisit residential school sites in the province.
Funded by the government, their goal is to help each member in their healing journey.
Funded by the government, their goal is to help each member in their healing journey.
Residential school survivors in Manitoba will travel province to revisit traumatic sites | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Four dozen residential school survivors from the Lake Manitoba First Nation have decided to travel the province to revisit residential school sites in the province.
Funded by the government, their goal is to help each member in their healing journey.
Funded by the government, their goal is to help each member in their healing journey.
Max Stern Curator, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery - Concordia University
Term: 5 year contract (renewable), 35 hours/week
Deadline to Apply: January 5, 2026
Term: 5 year contract (renewable), 35 hours/week
Deadline to Apply: January 5, 2026
Career Opportunities: Max Stern Curator (2166)
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December 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Max Stern Curator, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery - Concordia University
Term: 5 year contract (renewable), 35 hours/week
Deadline to Apply: January 5, 2026
Term: 5 year contract (renewable), 35 hours/week
Deadline to Apply: January 5, 2026
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“On January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1925.” Includes Betty Boop, Blondie & Dagwood, and works by William Faulkner, Agatha Christie, and the Marx Brothers. [web.law.duke.edu]
Public Domain Day 2026
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US
web.law.duke.edu
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“On January 1, 2026, thousands of copyrighted works from 1930 enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1925.” Includes Betty Boop, Blondie & Dagwood, and works by William Faulkner, Agatha Christie, and the Marx Brothers. [web.law.duke.edu]