New Santa Fe Museum Struggles With Displacing a Historic Chicano Mural

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A piece of the “Multi-Cultural” mural whose creation was headed by artist Gilberto Guzman is seen in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. The iconic Chicano mural painted by Mexican-American artists is scheduled for destruction in 2020 to make way for a new contemporary museum, generating a debate about gentrification and whose culture state and city officials are seeking to preserve. Morgan Lee / Associated Press

Skift Take: If this Chicano mural is going away, the new contemporary art museum had better not just preserve its memory but instead fill its halls with today’s Chicano artists, Native artists, and other underrepresented voices.

— Sarah Enelow-Snyder

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A Bush Pilot Who Always Longs to Return to African Skies

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A Cessna Caravan like bush pilot Kirsty Henderson flies over private reserve Linyanti in Botswana. Wilderness Air Botswana

Skift Take: Kirsty Henderson has arguably one of the coolest jobs in aviation: She’s a bush pilot, ferrying passengers across scenic African landscapes like Botswana. What’s more, she’s helping show aviation as a viable career path for young women.

— Colin Nagy

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Horizon Air Executive Sounds Alarm on Airline’s Safety Culture

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Horizon Air, which serves as a feeder airline for Alaskan. Eric Salard / Flickr

Skift Take: Given the Boeing crisis, airlines need to be particularly aware of restoring the public’s trust in commercial aviation’s safety. Against this backdrop, an internal alarm at Horizon Air is especially worrying.

— Rosie Spinks

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Scandinavian Airline SAS Gets Good News — For Now — on Norwegian Route Changes

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A SAS aircraft. The airline group is warning of a tough start to its next financial year. SAS

Skift Take: While Norwegian’s decision to pull its long-haul routes out of Copenhagen and Stockholm is good news for SAS in the short term, it points to a bigger challenge in the long term.

— Patrick Whyte

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