The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency

New Bedford hit by the dismantling of national arts agencies - The New Bedford Light

In 1965, Congress passed the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act.  In its “Declaration of Findings and Purposes,” it listed a series of 12 tenets, the first of which explicitly stated that the art and humanities belong to all the people.  It went on to note that “an advanced civilization must not limit its efforts to science and technology alone, but must give full value and support to the other great branches of scholarly and cul…

The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency

A class action lawsuit was filed Monday by the Authors Guild, along with independent scholars and writers, against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and officials within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for terminating millions in committed grants from Congressional funds. The lawsuit argues that these actions are a violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, as the Constitution’s guarantees of the separation of …