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Black Americans critically rely on Medicaid and SNAP. Trump-GOP budget bill cuts nearly $1 trillion.

Republicans in Congress are racing to pass President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which would extend his 2017 tax cuts and make significant spending cuts to Medicaid and food assistance totaling nearly $1 trillion. The legislation, which is being advanced without any support from Democrats, is being slammed by critics who say it would overwhelmingly benefit wealthy Americans and corporations at the expense of steep cuts to social programs that millions rely on. Most notably, recipients of the […]

todayMay 21, 2025 1

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Trump cuts to federal grants will make Black communities less safe and prosperous, experts warn

Black communities and leaders who are working to keep them safe and prosperous are reeling from a stream of funding cuts issued by the Trump administration in recent days. The cuts, part of President Donald Trump‘s aim to significantly reduce the size and scope of the federal government’s more than $6 trillion spending budget, have included the elimination of billions of dollars in grant funding programs created to reduce community gun violence in Black and Brown communities, and even develop […]

todayMay 5, 2025 2

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DC faces $1 billion in budget cuts, with Black communities set to bear the heavy burdens if Congress approves deal

Washington, D.C. faces $1.1 billion in budget cuts if the Senate approves a temporary budget proposed by Republicans to keep the government running. The cuts that would result from the CR, or “continuing resolution,” which would keep the government open through Sept. 30, could lead to massive layoffs of teachers, police officers, and EMS service workers over the next six months. Although D.C. already had its 2025 budget approved to the tune of $21.5 billion, and has raised the money […]

todayMarch 13, 2025 2

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Trump’s HUD Secretary cuts a key fair housing rule; advocates warn of deeper segregation

Scott Turner, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, has announced he is terminating the Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule in an effort to cut “costly red tape.” AFFH, which was originally introduced by the Obama administration, required any state receiving federal funding to demonstrate they were taking steps to truly implement fair housing and eliminate discrimination, by answering a series of questions and assembling planning reports that showed concrete action.   The rule was rescinded once […]

todayMarch 11, 2025 1

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USAID cuts are already hitting countries around the world. Here are 20 projects that have closed

Countries around the world already are feeling the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate more than 90% of foreign aid contracts and cut some $60 billion in funding. Hours after the announcement earlier this week, programs were shuttered, leaving millions of people without access to life-saving care. Some 10,000 contracts with the U.S. Agency for International Development were terminated on Wednesday, in letters sent to nongovernmental organizations across the globe. The letters said that the programs were being defunded “for convenience and […]

todayMarch 1, 2025 1

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Jeffries warns about Republican cuts to Medicaid, slams Elon Musk for making $8 million per day

House Democratic leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., railed against Republicans after their party passed a budget bill that would extend President Donald Trump‘s 2017 tax cuts law and enact new tax cuts totaling more than $4 trillion. In an effort to pay for such massive tax cuts, the Republican budget calls for huge spending cuts. On Thursday, during his weekly press conference, Jeffries warned that Medicaid will be on the chopping block as a result. “Every single member of the […]

todayFebruary 28, 2025

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Trump cuts Environmental Justice Office putting Black communities at greater risk of pollution

The Trump administration is poised to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice after more than 100 employees were placed on administrative leave on Thursday. Advocates and former EPA officials say the imminent closure will likely have lasting harmful impacts on Black, brown, and poor communities. According to the New York Times, the agency placed 168 workers from the environmental justice office on administrative leave who report to the EPA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., in compliance with President […]

todayFebruary 7, 2025

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Tenn. governor cuts police reforms enacted after Tyre Nichols’ death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Thursday signed off on the repeal of police traffic stop reforms made in Memphis after the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers in January 2023, despite pleas from Nichols’ parents to GOP lawmakers and the governor to give them a chance to find compromise. The Republican governor’s signature means the law immediately renders some of Memphis’ ordinances null and void, including one that outlawed so-called pretextual traffic stops, such as […]

todayMarch 30, 2024 1

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NYC teachers union sues mayor over steep cuts to public schools

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s teachers union is suing to block planned cuts to the city’s public schools, warning that steep budget reductions proposed by Mayor Eric Adams would weaken key education initiatives and violate state law. For months, Adams has argued that slashing city spending — including a $550 million cut in education funding — is necessary to offset the rising costs of New York’s migrant crisis. But in a lawsuit filed in state court on Thursday, […]

todayDecember 24, 2023 1

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