ACLU Kids Take the Mic

On Indigenous Peoples Day, one Blackfeet woman shares the crucial need for Indigenous education for her daughter — and her classmates.

Salles, et al. v. National Institutes of Health, et al. is a class action lawsuit challenging the censorship and termination of federally funded research by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). While ongoing litigation in APHA v. NIH successfully resulted in the reinstatement of hundreds of grants, NIH’s current policies continue to target viewpoints it opposes, threatening research because the government dislikes what it thinks the researchers believe or are likely to say, and continue to violate governing statutes and regulations. This is stymieing critical public health research, particularly related to climate change, the starkest health disparities including those faced by communities of color and LGBTQ+ populations, and other areas.

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund’s (HSF) ability to award scholarships to Hispanic students has been challenged by the American Alliance for Equal Rights. The plaintiff alleges that HSF’s scholarships (1) constitute a contract between HSF and the awardees and (2) discriminate against qualified, non-Hispanic students. We represent HSF to defend their right to make higher education accessible to students by supporting them with charitable resources and opportunities.