To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle class
Read full article: To these Black retirees, the federal civil service now under attack was a path to the middle classThe federal civil service that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling has been a way for people of color, in particular Black Americans, to get a toehold into the middle class for decades, as other occupations were closed off because of racial discrimination or patronage.