AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoPublic Spectacle: A new essay uses Goya’s 1814 painting of a firing squad to condemn the Pentagon’s plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution. The U.S. military’s Catholic archbishop says Catholic soldiers should seek to be excused from firing-squad duty. Book Bans: A Midland teacher warns that restrictions silence stories; PEN America counted 11,982 school book bans in 2025–26, affecting 7,370 titles. Pop Music: Tinashe’s “Popstar” is drawing attention for pushing back on narrow ideas of pop and centering Black musical traditions. Cultural Heritage: Interior Department cuts include funding to document Petroglyph National Monument’s significance to 29 tribes and pueblos, and to identify museum items that could be returned to Indigenous communities. On the Charts: Taylor Swift’s “The Life of a Showgirl” spends a 14th week atop the Billboard 200.
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