Culture
-
New York Performing Arts Library Gets $60 Million Gift for Preservation
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has received a $60 million anonymous donation, the largest in its history, timed to its 60th anniversary. The funds will support a five-year effort to digitize, preserve, and catalog its 15-million-item archive of rare recordings, manuscripts, production photos, and other materials. Priority will go to fragile…
-
The Analects of Confucius | An online teaching translation · Version 2.21 (2015) | Translated and edited by Robert Eno | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. The Analects of Confucius, translated and edited by Robert Eno, is a free online teaching edition of the classical Chinese anthology traditionally associated with Confucius and his disciples. The work combines the 20 books of the Analects with introductory historical context,…
-
How does the First Amendment govern liability for AI?
Drawing on cases like Winter v. G.P. Putnam’s Sons (no liability for a faulty mushroom guide) and New York Times v. Sullivan, this FIRE article argues that First Amendment principles protect AI outputs from broad tort liability. Nearly 100 lawsuits seek to hold developers accountable via products liability or negligence for harmful advice. Courts have…
-
Daodejing | An online teaching translation – Version 1.4 (2010–2025) | By Laozi, Translated by Robert Eno | Arsinoe Library Edition
Arsinoe Library Edition, 2026 The Arsinoe Library is excited to announce a new publication. Robert Eno’s Daodejing is a free online teaching translation of the 81-chapter Chinese classic traditionally attributed to Laozi. Version 1.4, updated through 2025, presents the Chinese title and text alongside English translation, an extended introduction, and a glossary of key terms.…
-
Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education
The House Education and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, chaired by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), convened a hearing titled “Speech or Silence? The Future of the First Amendment in Higher Education” on April 29, 2026. The hearing examined growing concerns over free expression and intellectual diversity on American college campuses. Citing…
-
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Visits Oregon on the Returning Education to the States Tour
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Central Oregon on April 20, 2026, as part of her nationwide “Returning Education to the States Tour.” The 50-state initiative seeks to gather best practices from local schools and colleges to compile a toolkit for distribution nationwide. During her visit, McMahon toured Crook County High School in Prineville,…
-
Why Fascists Fear Free Speech
The Nation article examines escalating threats to press freedom under the Trump administration, focusing on FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s March 2026 warning that broadcasters risk license revocation if they air “fake news” or coverage contradicting MAGA doctrine regarding the Iran war. President Trump amplified the threat on Truth Social, declaring non-compliant networks should be “FIRED.”…
-
Education Department Finalizes New Rule on Campus Free Speech
The Department of Education has finalized a controversial rule implementing a Trump executive order that ties federal research and education grants to campus free speech protections. Under the regulation, public institutions must comply with the First Amendment, while private institutions must adhere to their own stated free speech policies, as conditions for receiving funding. The…
-
Abbeville Institute – dedicated to exploring what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition
The history of southern culture is as important to the world as the history of many entire nations. Southern Culture represents a significant part of the American lifestyle we know and love today. However, many modern historians have tried to reduce the entirety of southern history to only slavery and treason. Our purpose at the…
-
Federal judge rules against restrictive Pentagon press policy
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman on March 20 blocked a controversial Pentagon press policy that sought to severely restrict journalists’ access to information. The October 2025 policy, issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, would have barred news outlets from reporting information not officially sanctioned, deeming journalists who sought unofficial information “security risks” subject to credential…
-
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast 三国演义
Episode 000 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast serves as an introduction to one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels, covering the historical period from 184 to 280 AD spanning the collapse of the Han dynasty to the founding of the Jin dynasty. Host John Zhu explains his mission to make the epic…
-
In Camps, Under Trees and Evicted: Farmworkers and People Living Close to the Line in Northern California
UC Davis Library hosts “In Camps, Under Trees and Evicted,” a traveling exhibition featuring 80+ photographs by labor photographer David Bacon. The collection documents 35 years of farmworkers and impoverished communities in Northern California—from labor camps and homeless encampments to organizing efforts like the 14-year Diamond Walnut strike. Bacon’s work highlights both the invisibility of…