Collateral damage: How Trump is hollowing out the Black middle class

Collateral damage: How Trump is hollowing out the Black middle class

Postal workers and their supporters hold signs at a rally in Chicago in 2018 to protest a proposal announced by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget to privatize the U.S. Postal Service. (File Photo by Teresa Crawford/Associated Press) This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. Whatever else Donald Trump intends with his assault on the federal workforce, labor unions and the National Labor Rel…

How Trump’s federal job cuts put Black employees at risk : NPR

Shirley Hopkins helped recruit countless Black students in Washington, D.C., for the National Institutes of Health's internship and youth employment programs before retiring to Clinton, Md. Her career in the federal government reflects a generation of Black workers who found stability, purpose and opportunity in public service. Kyna Uwaeme for NPR hide caption toggle caption Kyna Uwaeme for NPR Shirley Hopkins built careers for herself and count…