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National Endowment for the Arts

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Trump Administration

Trump Cut Funds From Wasteful Projects To Spend on Wasteful Statue Garden

Even when the administration has cut from seemingly obvious sources, Trump has redirected federal spending toward sources closer to his heart.

Joe Lancaster | 6.3.2025 3:50 PM

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Art

Propaganda Art Gets Boost in Biden Budget

What else is government-funded art but propaganda for the rulers?

Crispin Sartwell | 6.11.2021 12:15 PM

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Art

Cutting Federal Funding for the Arts Wouldn't Kill Them; Might Make Them Better

One bright spot in Donald Trump's very bad, very insane budget plan is his willingness to cut taxpayer-funded culture.

Nick Gillespie | 2.13.2018 3:45 PM

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Government Spending

Congress Reaches Spending Deal; 'Skinny Budget' Goes Out the Window

You didn't think they were really going to defund public broadcasting and slash the EPA by 31 percent, did you?

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2017 10:48 AM

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National Endowment for the Arts

We Can't Cut the NEH, New York Times Columnist Says, Because Books Are Important

Nicholas Kristof conflates the fate of federal subsidies with the fate of the humanities.

Jacob Sullum | 4.3.2017 9:29 AM

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National Endowment for the Arts

Think of the Children Before Scrapping the NEA, Says Mike Huckabee

The former Arkansas governor argues that federal subsidies for the arts are "essential," because creativity.

Jacob Sullum | 3.23.2017 9:15 AM

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Budget

The NEA Today, Entitlements Tomorrow

Is the OMB's kill list a sign of fiscal seriousness or the opposite?

Jacob Sullum | 2.22.2017 12:01 AM

National Endowment for the Arts

Video: The Future of Financing the Arts: An Interview with Adam Huttler of Fractured Atlas

Anthony Fisher | 11.26.2012 11:42 AM

Policy

The Future of Financing the Arts: An Interview with Adam Huttler of Fractured Atlas

"We must abandon the notion that a strong arts policy begins and ends with public funding."

Anthony Fisher | 11.26.2012 11:30 AM

Politics

Obama Vows to Protect Big Bird, U.S. Ambassadors Not So Much

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.9.2012 11:51 AM

Policy

Classical Musicians Take to the Barricades (Again)

Longhair labor disputes are the inevitable product of an impossible business model.

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.5.2012 5:30 PM

Politics

LeVar Burton "can't stay silent" on PBS defunding; James Doohan reserving judgment.

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.4.2012 6:07 PM

Policy

Should Government Fund "the Arts"?

No more than they should fund worship.

Nick Gillespie | 9.9.2012 5:30 PM

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Politics

The Internet vs. the NEA

Is Kickstarter a secret right-wing plot to undermine the National Endowment for the Arts?

Greg Beato | 6.28.2012 1:30 PM

Policy

Walden/Henry David Thoreau Video Game to be Financed by NEA Grant

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.26.2012 1:45 PM

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