{
  "id": 6758073,
  "title": "The Smithsonian chief’s exit is a blow to democracy | Kimberlé Crenshaw and Jason Stanley",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/the-smithsonian-chiefs-exit-is-a-blow-to-democracy-kimberle-crenshaw",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T12:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/11/smithsonian-chief-exit-trump"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Trump administration wants a feel-good version of American history. That is not a feature of a democratic system On Tuesday, Lonnie G Bunch III announced he would step down as the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian. Bunch was the first historian to lead the august institution, as well as the first African American. His retirement comes as the Trump administration has pressured the Smithsonian…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}