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Saving Endangered Languages

Fox News Latino | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Documenting Endangered Languages, Del, Language, Education, Peru, Spanish Language, Andean, Quechua, Bolivia, Neh, National Endowment for the Humanities, Cultura, Latino Voices News

Conducting field research in southern Bolivia, linguist Susan Kalt hikes roughly two hours to reach the communities where she studies Quechua. ...

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The Separation Of Art And State: Why Obama's National Endowment Cuts Are Healthy

Travis Korte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tourism, 2012 Budget, Smithsonian Censorship, Tyler Cowen, Fire in My Belly, Imls, Budget Cuts, Art Cuts, Nea, Neh, Arts Funding, Obama Budget Proposal, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Arts News
Travis Korte

"The ants on the crucifix" should be a synonym for "the writing on the wall". This winter, the Smithsonian Institute removed an artwork that had anger...

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Budget Fight: Believers, True and Otherwise

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Collective Bargaining, Public Employees, Nea, Gop, Obama Budget, National Public Radio, Mitch McConnell, Budget Committees, Americorps, Budget, Jeff Sessions, Budget Fight, Planned Parenthood, National Endowment for the Humanities, Public Employee Unions, Republican Budget, Budget Resolution, Obama Administration, GOP Budget, Neh, Wisconsin, Scott Walker, Union Bargaining Rights, Tax Cuts, Republicans, Paul Ryan, Public Employee Bargaining Rights, Unions, National Endowment for the Arts, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

Railing about deficits gives the GOP a convenient excuse to hack away at the sorts of bogeymen they've been wanting to kill off for years. Public-employee salaries. And benefits. And bargaining rights.

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State of the Arts: Why Culture Matters for Obamanomics

Lee Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nea, Art, President Obama, Neh, Colin Powell, State of the Union, Art Funding, Federal Budget Deficit, Arts News
Lee Rosenbaum

At a time of alarming uncivil discourse, the role of art as a force for civilization and civility should make funding for the humanities more worthy of public funding than ever before.

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What I Am Giving Thanks For This Year

Michael Kaiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arts Management, Nea, Pregones Theater, Ritz Theatre, Arts, Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Penumbra Theatre, Arts in Crisis, Kennedy Center, Neh, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

At the beginning of this year, there were predictions that as many as 10,000 American not-for-profit arts organizations would go bankrupt as a result of this recession.

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