April 11-17, 2025 is Black Maternal Health Week. Current proposed cuts to Medicaid and DEI programs threaten to diminish the physical and mental health of Black women.
With this measure, Congressional leaders are attempting to fund tax breaks for the rich and corporations and drive up the deficit through massive Medicaid cuts of $880 billion and SNAP cuts of $230 billion. The proposal would also slash other public benefit programs that people…
The action is particularly concerning because of the impact on marginalized and vulnerable student populations. Public school systems that rely on federal spending will face increased difficulty in continuing to educate students.
By Eddie Martin, Jr. History has shown us that civil and human rights progress is often met with resistance, and the early days of the second Trump Administration have been no exception. After just six weeks, the nation faces a profound democratic threat, as the…
By Lulit Shewan The Southern U.S. has historically had the largest number of Black people in the workforce in the country. This is a region where workplace organizing faces hostile laws and employer power is emboldened. States in the South have some of the lowest…
While we are already seeing some of the damage from these job cuts, it’s clear that the long-term consequences will be even more significant and could affect generations to come.
By Alyssa Fortner and Shira Small This year’s Black History Month theme, “African Americans and Labor,” provides an important opportunity to uplift and reflect on the ways Black women have shaped America’s child care system. This reflection is particularly critical one month into a new…
By Anna Kutz, Danielle Crenshaw (EXCERPT) “I feel that kind of the next large struggle for, especially the Black labor force in the country, is in these ongoing discussions around artificial intelligence and how it’ll impact the American workforce at large,” said Christian Collins, a policy…
By Anna Kutz, Danielle Crenshaw (EXCERPT) Two years ago, a policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, Christian Collins, wrote, “Black labor is the cornerstone of U.S. global hegemony.” This year, he told NewsNation that’s as true as ever. The United States’ current…