Nonprofit News From Elsewhere Online
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate some research grants from the National Institutes of Health, calling their cancellation “racial discrimination and discrimination against America’s L.G.B.T.Q. community.” At issue is the White House’s effort to end grants on topics such as health equity and maternal health for women of color. The Department of Health and Human Services said it would explore whether to appeal. (New York Times)
- Plus: Science Shattered: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding (ProPublica)
Juneteenth celebrations around the country are scaling back or even being canceled as major donors pull their support. Companies and local governments cite strapped budgets, lost federal grants, safety concerns, and a turn away from diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in their decisions not to fund festivals they have supported in the past. (Associated Press)
More News
- Watchdog Finds Trump Administration Broke Law by Withholding Library Funds (New York Times)
- Domestic Violence Nonprofits Sue Over Trump Administration’s Anti-DEI Funding Rules (19th)
- Supreme Court to Hear Case Over Probe of Antiabortion Pregnancy Center (Washington Post)
- Supreme Court Order Gives Religious Organizations New Chance to Challenge New York Abortion Rule (Associated Press)
Harvard and Other Colleges in the Crosshairs
- Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard (New York Times)
- In Its Battle Against Trump, Harvard Is Taking a Page From the PR Playbook: ‘Never Waste a Crisis.’ (Boston Globe)
- What Happens if ‘Harvard Is Not Harvard’? (New York Times)
- Indiana’s Rokita First State AG to Threaten Private Colleges Over DEI, Echoing Trump With Harvard (Indianapolis Star)
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