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Truth’s Foundations
Since its founding in 1969, the Mellon Foundation has grown to be a premier financier of the arts and humanities, awarding over 16,700...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


No Poets Left Behind
K-12 students are adapting to completing their curriculum from their bedrooms against the backdrop of the snowballing social, physical,...
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Nov 17, 20206 min read


“All the World’s a Stage”: Improving Theatrical Accessibility in the U.S.
In 1600, an English peasant could pay one penny to stand and watch the first staging of a Shakespearean masterpiece. This penny was the...
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Dec 13, 20185 min read


Artistic Expression Under Trump: Undermining and Uncovering Artistic Free Speech in the US
President Donald Trump, before and since his inauguration, has repeatedly condemned artists and journalists, describing the cast of...
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Feb 27, 20177 min read


“The Times they Are A-Changin”: The Significance of Dylan’s Nobel Prize
Almost every year since its inception in 1901, the Nobel Committee has handpicked the figures that their voters believe represent the...
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Dec 7, 20164 min read


On Separating Art from Artist: Nate Parker and The Birth of a Nation
“Separating the art from the artist” is an almost impossible — yet arguably necessary — strategy many fans and critics must employ to...
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Nov 1, 20165 min read


A More Perfect Censor: Self-Censorship in Film
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of the Supreme Court, the same Chief Justice Warren E. Burger of such cases as Roe V. Wade, United States...
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Feb 18, 20154 min read


Uncle Sam: Patron of the Arts
In the 2014 fiscal year, the United States allotted one-hundredth of one percent of its discretionary spending to the arts, at a little...
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Dec 21, 20144 min read
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