black government employees
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Black Federal Employees Disproportionately Affected as Government Shutdown Ties for Longest Ever
The partial government shutdown over Donald Trump’s border wall has now tied for the longest ever, with substantial portions of the federal government nonoperational for the third straight week. And with the stalemate between Trump, Republicans and the Democratically controlled House of Representatives holding strong, that record will likely be broken by Saturday. Across the…
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Black Federal Workers in ‘Wait and See’ Mode Over Looming Trump Presidency
Black federal workers in Washington, D.C., are used to working under Democratic administrations and Republican administrations, all while acknowledging that even if a president’s policies differ from their own, they have a duty to their agencies to keep the government humming along. But what if the new president is thought to be a racist, who…