On a Tuesday in early April, Nashville artist Mary Addison Hackett received an email from the Institute of Museum and Library Services telling her that her federally funded grant had been suspended.

We developed ways to communicate in a secret and coded language because we had to.” In the nineteen-sixties and seventies, cruising spots were listed in printed directories, such as Bob Damron’s “ ...

Some Democrats suggest it could backfire to so freely extend bipartisanship at a time GOP lawmakers preview more cuts using only Republican votes.