Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown

Black Georgia Neighborhood Loses Health Funds in DEI Purge

Thomasville, Georgia — A historic Black neighborhood in Thomasville, Georgia, lost nearly $20 million in federal funding after the Trump administration canceled environmental justice grants it said conflicted with its anti-DEI priorities. KFF Health News reported that Thomasville and the Thomasville Community Development Corp. had won a $19.8 million Environmental Protection Agency Community Change Grant in 2024. The money was intended to help D…

Public health improvements stall amid Trump’s DEI crackdown

Earl Williams, community development director of the Thomasville Community Development Corp., stands in front of a building the city hoped would be turned into a healthcare clinic in Dewey City. The predominantly Black neighborhood in Thomasville, Georgia, faces blight and health challenges. (Briah Lumpkins/KFF Health News)THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he hard…

Public health improvements stall amid Trump’s DEI crackdown - Stateline Publications

Earl Williams, community development director of the Thomasville Community Development Corp., stands in front of a building the city hoped would be turned into a healthcare clinic in Dewey City. The predominantly Black neighborhood in Thomasville, Georgia, faces blight and health challenges. (Briah Lumpkins/KFF Health News)THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he hard…

Public health improvements stall amid Trump’s DEI crackdown - Hillsboro Sentry Enterprise

Earl Williams, community development director of the Thomasville Community Development Corp., stands in front of a building the city hoped would be turned into a healthcare clinic in Dewey City. The predominantly Black neighborhood in Thomasville, Georgia, faces blight and health challenges. (Briah Lumpkins/KFF Health News)THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he hard…