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  • In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

    08/31/2025 11:55:33 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 59 replies
    The New York Times ^ | Aug. 31, 2025 | Erica L. Green
    President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.When President Trump started dismantling federal agencies and dismissing rank-and-file civil servants, Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, immediately started to make a calculation. She was the first Black person and the first woman to hold the prestigious post of commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics. As a political appointee, she knew there was a risk of becoming a target. But her 35-career at the department spanned a half dozen administrations, including Mr. Trump’s first term, and she...