How unemployment in the Trump era shapes Black women’s lives when maternal care and food choices are in the mix
Naomi Bethune
Naomi Bethune is the John Lewis Writing Fellow at The American Prospect. During her time studying philosophy and public policy at UMass Boston, she edited the opinions section of The Mass Media. Prior to joining the Prospect, she interned for Boston Review and Beacon Press.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The ‘Welfare Queen’ Is Back, but She Never Quite Left
The stereotype of the welfare queen, typically a single Black mother, was employed to rationalize the pause in SNAP benefits, and it proved effective.
Posted inPolitics
Mamdani and the Jews
Unlike his opponents in the New York City mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani has offered perspectives on Israel, Zionism, and antisemitism that have upset and even alarmed some voters. But his outreach efforts to the city’s diverse Jewish communities will persist.
Posted inPolitics
America Bet the Farm on Soybeans. Then Came Trump.
As a result of Trump’s ongoing trade war, China stopped buying soybeans from the US in May, leaving the agricultural industry with a gaping void that has exposed the true instability of the farm economy: an attachment to large-scale monocrop farming and a corresponding habit of passing farm bailouts when this leads to disaster—as it often does.
Posted inEducation in America
Competing for Crumbs
Increased financial support isn’t a genuine win for HBCUs and tribal colleges.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.
The company will stop supporting the OS on October 14. Advocacy groups warn this will leave up to 400 million computers vulnerable to hacks or in the dump.
Posted inPolitics
Michelle Wu, the Boston Beacon of Progress
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s first-term achievements shine, but numerous challenges persist after her re-election.
Posted inEducation in America
PragerU Wants to Capitalize on PBS Defunding
The right-wing educational resource is available for classrooms in ten states and wants to go ‘toe-to-toe’ with PBS Kids. Will teachers go for what the company has described as indoctrination?
Posted inLaw and Justice
FEMA Withholds Homelessness Grants While Building Migrant Prison Camps
The resetting of priorities will have tragic consequences.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.