US EditionLawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE
- The ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a federal lawsuit in 2025 to challenge recent NEH actions dismantling programs, staff, and divisions.
- The lawsuit responds to NEH suspensions of divisions and a 65 percent staff firing that followed unclear administration decisions ignoring congressional funding.
- Since its establishment in 1965, the NEH has distributed more than $6 billion across the country, fostering cultural heritage, education, veterans’ initiatives, and local community development.
- ACLS President Joy Connolly emphasized that the careful funding and collaborative efforts provided are essential for supporting schools, libraries, arts organizations, and local programs.
- The lawsuit seeks to reverse unlawful cuts threatening thousands of programs and the future of humanities research across history, literature, and culture.
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AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AND MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION FILE LAWSUIT ALLEGING ILLEGAL DISMANTLING OF NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
/PRNewswire/ -- The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Association (AHA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) filed a...
Nationwide donation supports South Dakota Humanities Council after federal funding cut
A child reads a book at the South Dakota Humanities Council Every Reader event in Rapid City in 2017. (Courtesy of South Dakota Humanities Council)The South Dakota Humanities Council is set to receive at least $200,000 from a national charitable foundation to keep it afloat after the federal government terminated nearly $1 million in grant funding awarded to the organization this year. President Donald Trump issued an executive order in February…
Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE
The humanities endowment and the White House did not respond to requests for comment. The endowment, the largest federal funder for the humanities, has provided more than $6 billion in grants to museums, historical sites, libraries, research facilities and community projects since its founding in 1965. It has continued to receive congressional support during this administration, including a $207 million appropriation in March. But it is unclear …
Three Humanities Organizations Sue NEH Over Its ‘Dismantling’
Three humanities-focused organizations have filed a lawsuit against both the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the “dismantling” of the former organization. Filed on May 1 in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the suit aims to reverse the cuts in grant programs, staff, and divisions of the NEH that occurred in April, when the Trump administration…
American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association File Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities
Lawsuit aims to reinstate NEH grant programs, divisions, and staff. For Immediate Release / May 1, 2025 (New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Association (AHA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to…
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