The Authors Guild has filed a lawsuit seeking class action status against DOGE and the National Endowment for the Humanities to reinstate the NEH grants that were withdrawn in April. The organization’s co-plaintiffs include several scholars who had their grants revoked, many of whom were working on book projects. According to the filing, at least 1,400 grants were canceled, amounting to approximately $175 million. The AG argues that the termination of grants was unlawful, as well as deeply disruptive to grantees who were in the middle of their projects and “were required to forego other employment or compensation opportunities during […]
