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And then to have a new president come along, slash funding to the arts, defund the National Endowment for the Arts among many other arts agencies, and then insist single-handedly to add his name to the memorial.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The print demands that, perhaps, like language and letter, the call to defund ICE should be taught to us in our youth and with the same urgency that we were taught the alphabet.
—Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America’s national platform, which Mamdani ran on and believes in, includes calls to decriminalize hard drugs, defund or abolish policing, and dismantle charter schools, despite high demand in communities of color.
—Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
The amendment aimed to defund the United States African Development Foundation, citing allegations of corruption against one of its leaders.
—CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The print demands that, perhaps, like language and letter, the call to defund ICE should be taught to us in our youth and with the same urgency that we were taught the alphabet.
—Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Democratic Socialists of America’s national platform, which Mamdani ran on and believes in, includes calls to decriminalize hard drugs, defund or abolish policing, and dismantle charter schools, despite high demand in communities of color.
—Darius Jones, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
The amendment aimed to defund the United States African Development Foundation, citing allegations of corruption against one of its leaders.
—CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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