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~ 2026 ~
"Gay Talese's Archive Acquired by The New York Public Library" - NYPL, May 21, 2026
"Look at Your Fish: David McCullough’s History Matters" - by Richard “Pete” Peterson, Pittsburgh Quarterly, May 2026
"The Met Will Expand by Merging With the Nearby Neue Galerie" - by Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, May 14, 2026
"Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the 'Iliad' " - by Franz Lidz, New York Times, May 15, 2026
"$4.5m Estimate for Major Benjamin Franklin Collection Auction" - Fine Books & Collections, May 6, 2026
"The Met Gala’s Embrace of Jeff Bezos Causes a Backlash" by Jesse McKinley and Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times, May 4, 2026
"Allan Block: ‘I will always root for the success of Pittsburgh’" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 3, 3026
"The Post-Gazette’s torch has burned brightly for Pittsburgh. Next up, the hand-off." - by David Shribman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 3, 2026
"Can the Costume Institute Survive Without the Met Gala?" - by Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, May 1, 2026
"The future promise of Pittsburgh Promise" - by Saleem Ghubril, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 20, 2026
"Behind the scenes of the weeklong dash to pitch Pittsburgh to the world" - by Madaleine Rubin, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 26, 2026
"Laurel Caverns belongs to all Pennsylvanians" - by the Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 9, 2026
"Their Ancestor Was an Enslaved Potter. They Are Battling to Recover His Legacy." - by Jori Finkel, New York Times, March 25, 2026
"Got an Idea About Who Robbed the Gardner Museum? Get in Line." - by Tom Mashberg, New York Times, March 18, 2026
"Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online" - by Tiffany Hsu and Ken Bensinger, New York Times, March 18, 2026
"When a College Closes, Its Library Books Must Go" - by Michael Stillman, Rare Book Monthly, March 2026
"A Seasoned French Museum Chief Takes Over a Louvre in Crisis" - by Mark Landler, New York Times, Feb. 25, 2026
"St. Francis’ Remains, Rarely Seen, Go on Display in Assisi" - by Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, Feb. 22, 2026
"T206 Honus Wagner card sells for $5.1 million after 116 years with same family" - by Larry Holder, New York Times, Feb. 21, 2026
"Washington Post Lays Off More Than 300 Journalists" - by Benjamin Mullin, Katie Robertson and Erik Wemple, New York Times, Feb. 4, 2026
"In Somerset, Ponfeigh Distillery is the latest to revive historic Pa. rye whiskey" - by Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 29, 2026
"The Moment Mike Tomlin Made Clear: Aaron Rodgers Won't Walk Alone" - New York Times, Jan. 12, 2026
"Rare Comic Introducing Superman Sells Privately for $15 Million" - New York Times, Jan. 9, 2026
"Post-Gazette to publish final edition and cease operations on May 3" - by Kris Mamula, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jan. 7, 2026

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