We cannot build a future where health is no longer a privilege but a right, if we cannot tell the truth about our nation and ourselves. Since the administration is suppressing our nation's history, we all have to tell the truth everywhere. All the time. To everyone.

RWJF has long stood with other individual and institutional funders in supporting public broadcasting. That support will not change. In addition to our resources, we all must also raise our voices to denounce these punitive cuts and proclaim the value of public broadcasting to our society.

These same communities, particularly in rural areas that rely heavily on CPB-supported stations, will feel the brunt of this loss. In some cases, these areas disproportionately represent the very regions that this administration claims to champion.

In the process, they are also pulling the plug on valued community news sources that broadcast critically important evacuation orders, offer ground-breaking educational programs, and produce impartial news that showcases how American communities are thriving together.

This action follows recent Administration cuts to everything from food security to Medicaid to our public health and research institutions. With this track record, it’s clear what the Administration is doing to America’s highest ideals and trusted institutions: stripping them for parts.