Politics | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/politics/RSS feed for PoliticsenFri, 24 Apr 2026 20:32:48 +0000State-Licensed Medical Marijuana Has Been Reclassified as a Less-Dangerous Drug. Here's What That Meanshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/state-licensed-medical-marijuana-has-been-reclassified-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-heres-what-that-means-180988617/The move should make it easier for researchers to study the substance and give tax breaks to licensed medical marijuana dealersFri, 24 Apr 2026 20:32:48 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/state-licensed-medical-marijuana-has-been-reclassified-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-heres-what-that-means-180988617/In Times of Trouble, the Maya Rejected Divine Kingship. This Newly Discovered Public Building Reveals How the Transition to Shared Power Unfoldedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-times-trouble-maya-rejected-divine-kingship-newly-discovered-public-building-reveals-how-the-transition-to-shared-power-unfolded-180988567/Archaeologists in northern Guatemala unearthed a colonnaded open hall that may have served as a council house, where local leaders and everyday people met to discuss political issuesMon, 20 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/in-times-trouble-maya-rejected-divine-kingship-newly-discovered-public-building-reveals-how-the-transition-to-shared-power-unfolded-180988567/In a New Documentary, One of Britain's Most Famous Historians Reframes the American Revolution as a 'Messy Divorce'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-a-new-documentary-one-of-britains-most-famous-historians-reframes-the-american-revolution-as-a-messy-divorce-180988457/Lucy Worsley's PBS series highlights the emotional fallout of the conflict, with a focus on the British perspectiveMon, 06 Apr 2026 11:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-a-new-documentary-one-of-britains-most-famous-historians-reframes-the-american-revolution-as-a-messy-divorce-180988457/