John Swain

But one employer I spoke to told me about an even more interesting thing that happened, I think, which is that some corners of the Park Service that weren't even given this instruction

But one employer I spoke to told me about an even more interesting thing that happened, I think, which is that some corners of the Park Service that weren't even given this instruction

But one employer I spoke to told me about an even more interesting thing that happened, I think, which is that some corners of the Park Service that weren't even given this instruction

took it upon themselves to do it anyway, because they'd heard on the grapevine that things were happening, that people were changing websites, and they too were scared that their projects might lose funding, that they might lose their jobs, and they kind of thought, well, we'd better get our house in order and make it acceptable to the political appointees above us, because if they stumble upon our website and it's full of championing equality and so on, we could be in trouble.

took it upon themselves to do it anyway, because they'd heard on the grapevine that things were happening, that people were changing websites, and they too were scared that their projects might lose funding, that they might lose their jobs, and they kind of thought, well, we'd better get our house in order and make it acceptable to the political appointees above us, because if they stumble upon our website and it's full of championing equality and so on, we could be in trouble.

took it upon themselves to do it anyway, because they'd heard on the grapevine that things were happening, that people were changing websites, and they too were scared that their projects might lose funding, that they might lose their jobs, and they kind of thought, well, we'd better get our house in order and make it acceptable to the political appointees above us, because if they stumble upon our website and it's full of championing equality and so on, we could be in trouble.

And so some people, without even being told, were making these changes off their own back.

And so some people, without even being told, were making these changes off their own back.

And so some people, without even being told, were making these changes off their own back.

I think the next thing to look for is the Smithsonian Institution. While we were reporting on the National Park Service, President Trump issued another executive order saying, specifically targeting the Interior Department and the Smithsonian on what he called a sort of liberal rewriting of history that had happened prior to him coming back to office.

I think the next thing to look for is the Smithsonian Institution. While we were reporting on the National Park Service, President Trump issued another executive order saying, specifically targeting the Interior Department and the Smithsonian on what he called a sort of liberal rewriting of history that had happened prior to him coming back to office.

I think the next thing to look for is the Smithsonian Institution. While we were reporting on the National Park Service, President Trump issued another executive order saying, specifically targeting the Interior Department and the Smithsonian on what he called a sort of liberal rewriting of history that had happened prior to him coming back to office.

And so he has directed the Smithsonian and the Park Service to make sure that exhibitions, monuments and statues and markers at historical sites do not do what he calls sort of unfair traducing of Americans past and present. I think, well, it's clear that lots of historians are very worried about this because we all know that historic figures are complicated.

And so he has directed the Smithsonian and the Park Service to make sure that exhibitions, monuments and statues and markers at historical sites do not do what he calls sort of unfair traducing of Americans past and present. I think, well, it's clear that lots of historians are very worried about this because we all know that historic figures are complicated.

And so he has directed the Smithsonian and the Park Service to make sure that exhibitions, monuments and statues and markers at historical sites do not do what he calls sort of unfair traducing of Americans past and present. I think, well, it's clear that lots of historians are very worried about this because we all know that historic figures are complicated.

The founding fathers, many of them held slaves. There are these parts of history that are uncomfortable and unpleasant that have to be reconciled. I think most people agree with the good and the heroic. And I think a lot of historians are concerned that President Trump wants to get rid of the uncomfortable and the unpleasant.

The founding fathers, many of them held slaves. There are these parts of history that are uncomfortable and unpleasant that have to be reconciled. I think most people agree with the good and the heroic. And I think a lot of historians are concerned that President Trump wants to get rid of the uncomfortable and the unpleasant.

The founding fathers, many of them held slaves. There are these parts of history that are uncomfortable and unpleasant that have to be reconciled. I think most people agree with the good and the heroic. And I think a lot of historians are concerned that President Trump wants to get rid of the uncomfortable and the unpleasant.