Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show? NYT | Top Stories By: Robin Pogrebin 29 May 2026 at 08:46 Lonnie G. Bunch III, the Smithsonian secretary under pressure from the White House, organized an exhibit exploring America’s founding ideals. © Caroline Gutman for The New York Times“I love thinking creatively about, how do you protect the Smithsonian?” said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the institution’s secretary. “How do you make sure issues of scholarship and integrity are there?”
What Five Years in Big Law at WilmerHale Taught Me NYT | Top Stories By: Matthew Wollin 28 May 2026 at 01:32 Despite all our good intentions, the legal system — that thing we were charged to protect — kept getting worse.