- May 2026
“Remind everyone you can that the humanities are intrinsically and instrumentally valuable. We cure ignorance, which means we cure the prejudice born of misogyny, racism, and cultural difference. We push back against the myth of TINA – “There is no alternative” – by preserving and studying the archive of experiments in social, economic, and political theory and practice. We serve all manner of curiosity and creativity, which sustains our humanity in a world overfull of economic pressures and algorithms.”
- March 2026
“The administration’s ongoing assault on knowledge presents a clear call to defend scholarship and teaching about all aspects of American culture. Recent complaints that philanthropic foundations have poured too much money into research on minority communities and experiences embody the zero-sum thinking that becomes a bad habit in times of austerity.”
- February 2026
“Attacks on individual institutions, fields, and faculty obscure the role of higher education in strengthening the nation and undermine the public’s confidence in its value.”
- January 2026
“The story of the value of humanistic knowledge and habits of thought is being told in many ways by many people. Our own communications staff, the National Humanities Alliance, the Center for Humanities Communication, Humanities Works, research centers and libraries, and of course the field-specific resources in text and video supplied by many member societies from anthropology and folklore to numismatics and political science (and this is just a sampling) offer accessible, dynamic accounts of humanistic work, including positive employment statistics for majors in our fields and scholarly contributions to robust, well-informed democratic participation. If you’re seeking inspiration today, look no further.”
