Trump admin’s latest move sparks major discrimination lawsuit: ‘Overt and coded racism’

The Trump administration was hit with a major discrimination lawsuit after having cancelled a $250,000 federal grant for a New York museum celebrating Black history, a move lawyers for the museum described as “overt and coded racism.”

The grant was awarded to the museum – the Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, New York – in January of 2024, and despite Congress having already approved the funding, the Trump administration axed the grant as part of its dismantling of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.