The lawsuit claims that new grant requirements prohibiting promoting "gender ideology" violate First and Fifth Amendment ...

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of four arts and theater organizations challenging new restrictions ...

The ACLU and four non-profit theater companies filed a lawsuit Thursday, challenging President Donald Trump's executive order ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The National Endowment for the Arts today agreed to remove a certification requirement that forced artists to attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” in order to apply ...

On March 6, 2025, the ACLU; the ACLU of Rhode Island; Lynette Labinger, cooperating attorney for the ACLU of Rhode Island; ...

The American Civil Liberties Union won a partial, temporary win over restrictions on "promoting gender ideology" by NEA grant ...

Groups represented by the ACLU are looking to block new National Endowment for the Arts requirements for grant applicants.

The National Endowment for the Arts removed President Donald Trump’s “gender ideology” requirements from grant funding applications on Friday, following the ACLU’s lawsuit filed just one ...

The NEA, on Feb. 6, just ahead of the deadline to apply for 2026 Grants for Arts Projects, changed applicant rules, directly ...

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit in conjunction with a number of artists and theater groups challenging a new grant requirement from the National Endowment for the Arts. Per the new requirement ...

The organizations filing the lawsuit include Rhode Island Latino Arts, which has previously received NEA funding; National Queer Theater Inc., which was awarded grants in 2023 and 2024 for its ...