Black women were disproportionately affected by the Trump administration and DOGE's cuts to federal agencies. For Hammer and Hope, Natalie Y. Moore spoke to four of them about how things are now. “I hate that Black women have been forced into resiliency. We’ve been forced into being strong. We’ve been forced into being waymakers. We are not afforded that same soft landing [white people enjoy], said Jenniqual Johnson, who worked for the Department of Agriculture on giving equitable access to the USA's forests.

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What Happened to the Black Women Trump Purged From the Federal Work Force?

Over a year later, they are struggling to find financial footing and make sense of the racist backlash that displaced them.

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