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- 1Black Women Report Depression, Anxiety a Year After DOGE-Era Firings●The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After Being Fired by DOGE When the current U.S. president
A year after the Trump administration cut DEI programs and empowered DOGE to slash the federal workforce, hundreds of thousands of Black women who lost their jobs are reported to be struggling with depression and anxiety. The layoffs are said to have dismantled a career pipeline into federal employment that had offered stability and advancement, leaving lasting mental health consequences for many former workers.
- 2Congress workers hold mock funeral procession against election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar●Congress ने Gyanesh के घर पर कालिख पोती- 'ज्ञानेश गद्दार है'! 'अंतिम संस्कार यात्रा निकाली'!
Congress workers staged a protest outside the residence of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, smearing black paint on his home's nameplate and shouting that he is a traitor. Demonstrators also took out a mock funeral procession, a form of street protest common in Indian politics, signalling the opposition's anger over his conduct in office.
- 3Black Walmart Workers' Structural Power in the US Economy▼How Black Walmart Workers Hold Absolute Structural Power Over the American Economy
A new commentary argues that Black workers at Walmart, one of America's largest private employers, hold significant structural power over the national economy because of their concentration in its workforce and supply chains. The piece suggests their labor and consumer choices carry outsized economic weight, sparking discussion about race, labor leverage and corporate dependence on frontline retail workers.
- 4Anniversary: The Elaine Massacre of 1918●Today in Labor History September 30, 1918: White mobs, aided by federal troops, slaughtered as many as 237 African-Ameri
Posts marking labor history note that on September 30, 1918, white mobs with support from federal troops killed as many as 237 African-American sharecroppers in the Elaine Massacre in Arkansas. The victims had been organizing against debt peonage, which persisted decades after emancipation. The commemoration links the massacre to the long, often violent suppression of Black labor organizing in the United States.
- 5Chinese stone workers seen cutting rock without masks●Meanwhile this is China, where workers are building landscaping stones without a mask. They would die painfully of black
Images circulating online show Chinese workers cutting landscaping stone with no respiratory protection, sparking warnings that they risk deadly black lung disease within years. Commenters say the scene underscores how far China still lags behind Western countries on labor rights and occupational safety enforcement.
- 6Trump tariffs reshape economic outlook for Black Americans▼How Trump’s tariff policies have shifted economic opportunity for Black Americans
A Brookings analysis examines how the Trump administration's tariff policies have affected economic opportunity for Black Americans. The report assesses shifts in jobs, prices, and business conditions tied to the trade agenda, and what they mean for Black workers and entrepreneurs.
- 7Ashley Allison: 'When America gets a cold, Black people get pneumonia'●Ashley Allison on jobs report: ‘When America gets a cold, Black people get pneumonia’
CNN commentator and former Biden White House adviser Ashley Allison reacted to the latest US jobs report with the phrase 'When America gets a cold, Black people get pneumonia', arguing that Black workers are hit first and hardest whenever the economy weakens. Her remark is drawing attention as analysts weigh the report's signal about slowing hiring and unemployment.