Cultural organizations protest Trump efforts to confine speech for federal grantees
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Cultural organizations protest Trump efforts to confine speech for federal grantees
Feb 27 2025
Seven free speech organizations—led by the National Coalition Against Censorship and including AICA International, Artists at Risk Connection, the Authors Guild, Dramatists Guild of America, Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, and PEN America—issued a statement this week expressing outrage at “the Trump Administration’s recent efforts to establish ideological control over federally-funded cultural initiatives in the United States.”
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