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Last updated on: June 23rd, 2025
NEA | National Endowment for the Arts
Trump administration cuts are impacting Wisconsin art centers
Wisconsin Public Radio
The Dismantling of the Great Society and the Arts Ecosystem it Created
Arts Management & Technology Laboratory
When an endowment is not an endowment
Howard Sherman
Murphy’s Law: Milwaukee Arts Groups Suffer Federal Funding Cuts
Urban Milwaukee
NEH | National Endowment for the Humanities
URGENT Save Wisconsin Humanities: Elimination of NEH Funding EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
Wisconsin Humanities
Federal humanities agency lays off staff, launches grant program for Trump-backed statues project
MSN, San Francisco Chronicle
Oregon Humanities sues over federal funding cuts
Oregon ArtsWatch
The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency
ARTnews
Lawsuit Against Humanities Endowment Offers Details on DOGE
The New York Times
America’s Humanities Councils Get a Lifeline
Mellon News | Mellon Foundation
Mellon Foundation Announces $15 Million for Humanities Councils
The New York Times
An Update on NEH Funding Priorities and the Agency’s Recent Implementation of Trump Administration Executive Orders
National Endowment for the Humanities
The art of resistance: Trump’s attack on humanities triggers a blowback movement
Salon
The humanities aren't waste. They are us.
Opinion | The Philadelphia Inquirer
DOGE restructuring of NEH hits documentary and archival projects
Current
State of the Arts: Wisconsin Humanities Loses Funding
A Public Affair | WORT
In jeopardy: Our history, our future, our connection
Opinion | Isthmus
Trump revives plan to spend NEH, NEA funds on ‘Garden of American Heroes’
The Washington Post
Trump’s Sculpture Garden of ‘American Heroes’ Moves Ahead with NEH Funding
ARTnews
Canceled Humanities Grants to Help Pay for Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’
The New York Times
Wisconsin nonprofits, libraries & museums scrambling as DOGE cuts funding for humanities
WTAQ
At least 1,200 grants canceled as NEH cuts target humanities across U.S.
The Washington Post
Cuts to NEH and Humanities Councils: What the Midwest Will Lose
Federation of State Humanities Councils
Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research
Culture | NPR
Wisconsin nonprofits grapple with yet more federal funding cuts
WORT
Federal funding cuts threaten Wisconsin Humanities programs
Fox 47 | WMSN
Opinion | Humanities Council head calls cuts a 'crisis for democracy'
The Capital Times
Humanities needed for Wisconsin communities' strength, growth
Editorial Opinion | Wisconsin Humanities
Humanities programs across Wisconsin are in peril after Trump axes funding
Wisconsin Public Radio
Impending NEH cuts would put Wisconsin Humanities out of business, group says
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Culture | NPR
Standing United: Protecting America’s Arts and Cultural Future
Americans for the Arts
DOGE Demands Deep Cuts at Humanities Endowment
The New York Times
IMLS | Institute of Museum and Library Services
Judge says administration can dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services
AP News
Reading into the Importance of Public Libraries
The Progressive Magazine
It May Be Too Late for Rural Libraries to Weather the IMLS Storm
Publishers Weekly
What libraries are getting rid of after Trump's order to dismantle the IMLS
Impact | Fast Company
Federal Judge in Rhode Island Orders Halt to IMLS Dismantling
Publishers Weekly
Judge blocks Trump order against three federal agencies
Wisconsin Examiner
Injunction issued in WI lawsuit over library and business funding
WKOW
Institute of Museum and Library Services Shutdown Stopped in Federal Court
ARTnews
The Trump Administration Is Not Just Erasing History, They're Rewriting the Future and Attacking Democracy | Opinion
Newsweek
Federal Funding Cuts Could Shrink Wisconsin Libraries’ Services
Urban Milwaukee, Wisconsin Examiner
Wisconsin joins lawsuit suing Trump administration for museum cuts
The Advance-Titan | UW-Oshkosh
Wisconsin libraries brace for steep drop in services under federal funding cuts
Wisconsin Examiner
Trump budget cuts have Madison libraries, culture groups on edge
The Capital Times
What does the Institute of Museum and Library Services do for local libraries?
WXPR
Gov. Evers: Statement on Suing the Trump Administration to Stop Cuts to Wisconsin Museums and Libraries
Office of Governor Tony Evers
The ALA Sues Over the Scuppering of the IMLS
Publishers Weekly
Opinion | Amid federal threats, we must protect our public libraries
The Capital Times
Madison Public Library rallies for support amid funding uncertainty
The Badger Herald
States Challenge Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Library Agency
The New York Times
Entire staff at federal agency that funds libraries and museums put on leave
NPR
"Reading builds empathy": The case for saving America's libraries
Commentary | Salon
Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts
Federal News Network
Take Action to Save IMLS
Americans for the Arts
What’s at Stake if Federal Funding for Museums and Libraries Disappears
Arts Midwest
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
Presidential Action | The White House
Act Now: Save the Institute of Museum and Library Services
American Alliance of Museums
ALA Response to White House Assault on IMLS
American Library Association
NPR, PBS, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Citing budget concerns, WPR lays off staff, cuts programs
Wisconsin Public Radio
PBS, NPR Could Lose $1.1 Billion in Funding After Trump's Rescission Bill Narrowly Passes House
Variety
If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price
Opinion | The Guardian
Trump asks Congress to repeal $9 billion from NPR, PBS and global aid
The Washington Post
PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House
Media | NPR
PBS Sues Trump, Claims Defunding Order Violates First Amendment
Variety
Protect Your Public Media
PBS Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio
NPR sues the Trump administration, a wolf not in sheep’s clothing
Nieman Lab
Trump Threatens NPR and PBS
The Atlantic
Reel Talk: Saving America’s Public Media Matters More Than You May Know
Mellon Foundation
Can She Keep PBS on the Air?
The New York Times
The MAGA war on PBS was never about money
Commentary | Salon
Viewpoints | State should cut funding to public media
Badger Institute
Trump’s Assault on PBS and NPR Chooses Oligarchy Over Press Freedom and Democracy
The Nation
Opinion | Local Public Media Will Pay the Price For the Sins of NPR
Yellow Stripes & Dead Armadillos | Dave Cieslewicz
Trump White House Seeks to Cease Federal Funding to PBS, NPR With New Executive Order
Variety
NPR Statement on White House Executive Order
NPR
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't
NPR
PBS Statement on Executive Order Regarding Public Media
PBS
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
PBS
Why Trump Wants to Cut Federal Funding to NPR, PBS
MSN, Newsweek