What NSF funding cuts could mean for misinformation research at UW and across the country

What NSF funding cuts could mean for misinformation research at UW and across the country

Late last month, the National Science Foundation, a U.S. federal agency that supports scientific research, terminated more than 400 grants that related to misinformation, disinformation and diversity, equity and inclusion. A proposed budget from the Trump administration would also cut the NSF budget in half. Kate Starbird is the co-founder of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public. She joins us to share more about the broad…

Trump Budget Cuts Could 'Wipe Out' Operations for At Least 350…

"This is the most extreme, unrealistic and destructive National Park Service budget a President has ever proposed in the agency’s 109-year history. It’s…

“Dock the Greed”: North Carolinians protest against Trump and Republicans’ proposed federal budget cuts

On May 6, advocates gathered at Bicentennial Plaza in downtown Raleigh to call on state representatives in Congress to center the needs of North Carolinians amid federal budget cuts. The event titled, “Dock the Greed” was organized by the Coalition Against Right-Wing Extremism (C.A.R.E.) in partnership with Oxfam America to protest the Trump administration’s harmful federal cuts, which could be devastating for working-class North Carolinians, ac…