WITH KEY PROGRAMS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK, THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE TURNS TO GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY A Core Program Under Threat On January 19th, 2017, the eve of the Presidential Inauguration, an article in the Congressional publication The Hill put Robert Bowen on high alert. “Trump team prepares dramatic cuts,” proclaimed the headline. Among the proposed changes: the “National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) would be eliminated entirely.” The NEH makes grants to “cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations.” That makes it a crucial federal program for the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), whose members include museums, libraries, colleges, and universities. Bowen is a member of its govern

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