Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work.

The Trump administration ordered a sweeping review of the Smithsonian in August, in part to remove what President Trump called “improper ideology” from the institutions. The White House then unveiled a list of specific exhibits that it opposed, including the American History Museum’s “LGBTQ+ History” exhibit as well as a profile of Benjamin Franklin for focusing too much on slavery.

Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy spoke with Julia about the Smithsonian , how it’s run and who decides what goes in a Smithsonian museum.

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What is the Smithsonian? What’s included in this institute?

So the Smithsonia

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