Modern Language Association Files Lawsuit over Dismantling of National Endowment for the Humanities | Language Magazine
Legal Pleadings Court Papers Law Complaint The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Association (AHA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. In recent weeks, the NEH has eliminatedentire divisions, initiated the mass firing of 65 percent of its staff, and suspended entire grant programs. These moves threaten the future of American research into history, literature, languages, philosophy, politics, society, and culture. They
