How Will Project 2025 Affect Black America?

The document, drafted by former Trump Administration staffers but which Trump disavows, means poorer public schools, worse health outcomes and aggressive police (Photo Credit: Elvert Barnes, Flickr). This article was originally published on& Word In Black. By Joseph Williams Project 2025, the far-reaching Republican Party plan to demolish and radically remake the federal government under a Trump presidency, has gotten a lot of attention lately, and not necessarily in a good way.& President Joe Biden warns it’s a threat to democracy. Former President Donald Trump says he had nothing to do with it, even though members of his administration helped write it. Actress Taraji P. Henson sounded the alarm while hosting the BET Awards last month, urging viewers to “look it up! Project 2025 is not a game!” What’s been missing in the conversation so far about Project 2025 — which calls for eliminating the Department of Education, replacing career civil servants with political appointees, ending affirmative action in government hiring, and virtually eliminating access to abortion, among other sweeping changes — is what it would mean for Black America.& To answer that question, Word In Black took a look at Project 2025’s potential effect on five issues important to...