The Newseum is not an Indigenous institution. Yet it did represent. And that’s a practice that’s too often missing from most museums. But I had better not bury the lede. The Newseum is closing at the end of the year. This is the last call.

The Newseum may come back in another form. And I certainly hope so because a building is just a building. The ideas are what matter: A history that includes all of our stories, a celebration of dissent, and the importance of journalism in a democratic society