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President Donald Trump said on February 1, 2026, that he plans to close the Kennedy Center for roughly two years for the facility to undergo construction. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Kennedy Center teaches MAGA a lesson

Amanda Marcotte
While the Kennedy Center bears President Trump's changes in person, a comedy writer preemptively claims the space online. (Hamburg Studios / Getty Images)

Kennedy Center culture war is now online

CK Smith
(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Why aren’t Hollywood films more diverse?

Roberto Pedace - The Conversation
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Where have all the good male poets gone?

Bianca Sparacino - Thought Catalog
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