The Guardian
Smithsonian Institution secretary to retire amid Trump attacks on museum independence
‘I have to be honest, it has been stressful,’ Lonnie Bunch III says The Smithsonian Institution’s secretary, Lonnie Bunch III, will retire at the end of the year amid Donald Trump ’s attacks on the museum’s content and independence. Bunch…
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