Staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) were told by email late Thursday night that they were being placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately. The news comes two days ...

Why are we asking for donations? Why are we asking for donations? This site is free thanks to our community of supporters. Voluntary donations from readers like you keep our news accessible for ...

A group serving some of Montana’s smallest and most remote areas has seen devastating cuts to its programming. Sudden forced pivot to private donors proves challenging, administrators say. A ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities began terminating most of its staff Thursday, according to the union representing employees of the federal agency. Approximately 65% of the NEH staff had ...

Oregon Humanities filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration today in U.S. District Court in Portland. The organization, a nonprofit formerly known as the Oregon Council for the ...

Wisconsin Humanities is raising the alarm about looming federal action to cancel all previously awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants, which would affect dozens of state organizations.

Seven filmmaker support organizations, including the International Documentary Association, Women Make Movies and Third World Newsreel, have signed a letter protesting Trump administration cuts to the ...

At least two grants awarded to Georgetown University faculty were terminated April 2 by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a federal agency that funds humanities research, citing a ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

We humans, if we are to live intentional and thoughtful lives, almost always return to a series of timeless questions: Who are we? Where did we come from? Where are we going? To answer those questions ...

A majority of NEH employees received an email placing them on immediate leave. The news comes just days after many humanities councils across the... Staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities ...