Additional works by category:
Immigration
International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests (Al Jazeera)
Columbia Apologized to Mahmoud Khalil in May 2024 for One-Day Suspension (The Intercept)
Tourist Denied US Entry After ICE Found JD Vance Meme on His Phone (Hyperallergic)
DACA-Recipient Artists Share Their Stories as Program Hangs by a Thread (Hyperallergic)
Sprawling Mural in Support of Immigrants Unveiled in St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Hyperallergic)
Tribeca Galleries Discuss Reporting Street Vendors, Drawing Criticism (Hyperallergic)
The Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Latino Gallery Quietly Closes for Nine Months (Hyperallergic) - Broke this story
The Artist Whose Fauci Portraits Enraged the White House (Hyperallergic)
Trump Targets LGBTQ+ History, Migrants, and More in Chilling Smithsonian Hit List (Hyperallergic)
Museum of the American Latino Could Vanish Under Trump (Hyperallergic)
Congress Members Demand Investigation Into Trump’s Smithsonian Mandate (Hyperallergic)
Two Artists Withdraw From Smithsonian Symposium (Hyperallergic)
Documenting the History Trump Wants to Erase (Hyperallergic)
The National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities
National Endowment for the Arts Cuts Millions in Grants (Hyperallergic)
Small Arts Nonprofits Face Uncertainty as NEA Cuts “Challenge America” Grant (Hyperallergic) - Private foundations offered funding to organizations featured following the report.
ACLU Sues NEA for Enforcing Trump’s Anti-Trans Mandate (Hyperallergic)
Trump’s “Gender Ideology” Ban for Art Grants Ruled Unconstitutional (Hyperallergic)
Trump Fires Majority of Federal Humanities Council (Hyperallergic)
Maui Wildfires
Maui’s Latino community contends with destruction, grief and immigration fears after fires (NBC News) - Interviewed in Spanish
Art and Politics
Philadelphia Sues Trump Administration Over Removal of Slavery Exhibits (Hyperallergic)
Show on Artists of African Descent Loses Funding Amid Trump DEI Crackdown (Hyperallergic) - Broke this story
School Nixes Exhibition Criticized by Turning Point USA (Hyperallergic) - Broke this story
Montgomery Mayor Calls for Removal of “Politicized” Billboard Artwork (Hyperallergic)
Congress Funds Institute for American Indian Arts (Hyperallergic)
Museum Limits Entry to Exhibition Criticized by Republicans (Hyperallergic)
Colorado Town Settles With Native Artist Who Brought Free Speech Lawsuit (Hyperallergic)
Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China (Hyperallergic)
Republican-Led Bill Would Penalize Texas Museums for “Obscene” Art (Hyperallergic)
Russia Moves to Label Pussy Riot an “Extremist” Group (Hyperallergic)
Could Colorado Create the Country’s First Artist Corporation? (Hyperallergic)
Trump Disbands President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities (Hyperallergic)
Representatives of Pride Flag’s Creator Sue Trump Administration (Hyperallergic)
Free Speech
Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts (Hyperallergic)
Artists Are Helping Revive Jane Fonda-Led Free Speech Group (Hyperallergic)
Colorado Museum Accused of Censoring Anti-ICE, Pro-Palestine Artwork (Hyperallergic)
Text Messages Reveal How University of North Texas Leaders Axed an Anti-ICE Show (Hyperallergic)
Labor
Art Models Struggle for a Living Wage and Recognition (Hyperallergic)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Lays Off 20 Workers (Hyperallergic)
Newport Art Museum Left Without a Single Curator After Layoffs (Hyperallergic)
Seattle Art Museum Security Guards End 12-Day Strike (Hyperallergic)
Epstein Files
Epstein Files Detail Gruesome Allegations Against Leon Black (Hyperallergic)
Jeff Koons Attended Dinner Party at Jeffrey Epstein’s House (Hyperallergic)
Campus Protests
NBC Live Blog Updates (NBC News)
Live on-air reporting (NBC News Top Story with Tom Llamas)
Human Interest / Features
Inside the Bay Area’s Church of Magic Mushrooms (Hyperallergic)
Art Therapists on the Frontlines of Trauma Struggle for Recognition (Hyperallergic)
“Mother Pigeon,” the Artist Fighting to Save NYC’s Urban Birds (Hyperallergic)
Are Art History Majors More In Demand Than Computer Scientists? (Hyperallergic)
NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Unveils Arts Platform (Hyperallergic)
Hawaii News Now
Lawmakers, advocates call on military to do more to address violence against Native Hawaiian women
Domestic violence changed her life. Now, she’s trying to end the cycle for other Native Hawaiian women
There are two ways to write Olelo Hawaii. The debate: Is only one correct?
By day, he works at the airport. By night, this poet is a 3-time Honolulu grand slam champ
Secretary Haaland stresses the importance of indigenous knowledge in ‘era of climate crisis’
Columbia Daily Spectator
The saga of Celsius: What the energy drink reveals about tensions between Barnard Dining and students (Winner of SPJ 2022 Mark of Excellence/Barnard removed Celsius from dining halls after this report)
Barnard stopped allowing overnight guests. Students say the policy places their safety and agency at risk. (Barnard reversed policy shortly after my report)
‘Poster Man’ and vendor activist Michael Wells celebrates 15 years of decorating Columbia’s walls
POLITICO
New York Playbook Contributions - Reported on Chuck Schumer, Eric Adams, Mike Pence
