It’s a massive program change: In late Sept, the DOJ announced it was changing its Community-Based Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative to exclude community orgs from direct funding and prohibit services for undocumented residents. It also cut total funding of the program to $34.6 million.

Tuesday's results were a broad repudiation of Trump's heavy-handed immigration enforcement policy, as well as his attacks on DEI, said April English-Albright, legal director of Black Voters Matter Fund. "People will see every election as an opportunity to push back."

Speaking as a mentor & someone who is very active in various journalism orgs: Vital race & culture teams are also being dismantled. Race reporting is a specialized reporting beat that requires deep knowledge and skill. We are losing institutional knowledge & voices.

Sheffield is a native Detroiter. She already made history once, when she became the youngest person to ever be elected to the Detroit City Council in 2013.

Thanks! Not sure why some Reuters links are populating like this now…

Thank you, Shoshanah. What newsletter is this from?