Arts groups for people of color steel themselves after Trump's NEA cuts: 'They poked the bear'
Trump's slashing of millions in National Endowment for the Arts grants has most affected non-profits centering Black, brown and LGBTQ+ communities Summertime at the Upijata Scissor-Tail Swallow Arts Company, an artistic program located on Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, is usually bustling. The arts community center, created to help combat high youth suicide rates on the reservation, would normally offer twic…