5.6 Million Fewer People Receive SNAP. Some Were Cut Off While They Still Qualified.
SNAP participation fell more than 13 percent in a year. In Arizona, families who still met the rules spent weeks without benefits while the state struggled with paperwork, staffing and new federal requirements.
Haitian Caregivers Keep Black-Owned Care Businesses Running. The End of Their Work Permits Puts Everyone at Risk.
Health care and social assistance holds more Black-owned employer firms than any other sector, and many of the Haitian and immigrant caregivers it runs on just lost the legal right to work.
Financial Pressure Is Becoming a Health Crisis For Black and Hispanic Adults
The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ signed in July 2025 cuts $900 billion from Medicaid over ten years. The Congressional Budget Office estimates 11.8 million people will lose coverage. Nearly a third of Black adults and nearly a third of Hispanic adults depend on Medicaid for their health coverage now. Researchers have spent years tracing exactly what happens to the body when the money runs out.
