Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown

Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he hardly recognized what he saw. Homes that once belonged to friends, family, and neighbors had siding covered in mold. Some were boarded up. Others had holes in their roofs. Black churches once used Oquina Creek, which runs along the border of the neighborhood, to baptize their congregants. Today, fecal bacteria and other contam…

Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump's DEI Crackdown

A $19.8 million Community Change Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency was supposed to shift the tides of neighborhoods.

Public Health Improvements Stall Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown - Health Care Today

THOMASVILLE, Ga. — As Earl Williams drove through a historic Black neighborhood known as Dewey City in his hometown, he hardly recognized what he saw. Homes that once belonged to friends, family, and neighbors had siding covered in mold. Some were boarded up. Others had holes in their roofs. Black churches once used Oquina Creek, which runs along the border of the neighborhood, to baptize their congregants. Today, fecal bacteria and other contam…