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Rhode Island Latino Arts wins legal victory over Trump administration

Rhode Island Latino Arts and three other arts organizations won a ruling against the Trump Administration on Friday when a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that a policy from the National Endowment for the Arts violates the First Amendment and other federal laws. The policy would have allowed the NEA to disfavor grant applications […]

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Arts groups sue Trump administration over ban on ‘gender ideology’

The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Rhode Island on behalf of several arts organizations over new requirements from the Trump administration that prohibit federal funds being used to “promote gender ideology.” Applicants for National Endowment for the Arts grants must now tick a box on their application […]

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Oral history project shares the stories of Latino communities in Rhode Island

Nuestras Raíces, meaning “our roots,” has been documenting the stories of the state’s many Latino populations since 1991.

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