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Anti-Racist Activists Say They Used a Stolen Confederate Monument as a Toilet
White supremacy is shitty.
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We Asked the Art World to Explain NFTs, and No One Could
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The Archive of Healing, a Trove of Medicinal Folklore, Is Now Online
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UK Police Are Prohibited From Searching the Queen’s Home for Looted Goods
The exception for the Queen is part of an act established in 2017 allowing police the power to search areas where they suspect stolen artifacts may be held.
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Nominate an At-Risk Site to the World Monuments Fund's 2022 Watch List
The nonprofit is encouraging nominations that intersect with three major risk factors: climate change, underrepresented heritage, and imbalanced tourism.