Manifest Density
The Diff · two takes, one story
Regilded Arts of War statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge
The Left

They Found $5.1 Million to Gild Statues. They Couldn’t Find Lunch Money for Kids.

Strip away the pageantry and here is what your government decided matters this summer: 23.75-karat gold leaf on four bronze horses, and…

Mars Vega-Kaplan
The Right

Who Signed Off on $5.1 Million in Gold Statues While Kids Lose Lunch? I Want a Name.

The federal government just spent $5.1 million covering four bronze statues near the Lincoln Memorial in 23.75-karat gold leaf. Nearly twenty-four karat.…

Tammy-Jo Pritchett