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Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame

Lottie Joiner Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds. The post Recovering From a “Gut Punch”: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame appeared first on The Nation .

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