BEYOND THE MOUNTAIN

By: Natiece Ford On November 5th, 2024, America decided that Donald J. Trump would be the 47th president of the United States. Many wonder what comes next for the country with the looming prospect of Project 2025—a set of individual policy changes that will radically restructure the executive branch. With Republicans likely to hold a majority in both the House and Senate, many of the ideas outlined in Project 2025 will likely be easier to pass. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and a billionaire con- tributor to the Trump campaign, saw a 13% surge in his company’s shares during pre-market trading early Wednesday morning following Trump’s victory. What does this mean? Has capitalism prevailed, or is it a sign that companies now have a clearer path to follow now that the uncertainty of the election is over? What does this mean for Black America? In his book, once banned in South Carolina schools, Ta-Nehisi Coates referenced the “destruction of the Black body”—the idea that Black lives are in constant danger. This is a sentiment that many Black Americans can relate to. The constant danger to Black expecting mothers, who die at exponentially higher rates than white mothers; the danger that...