The “Machine That Eats Up Black Farmland” – Mother Jones
After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.| Mother Jones
After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.| Mother Jones
The Trump administration is decrying diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The move is hurting communities and undermining its own goals for agriculture.| Illinois Newsroom
After the Civil War, the U.S. government promised 40 acres, either from abandoned plantations or unused land, to formerly enslaved Black people. But then President Andrew Johnson intervened. He pardoned Confederates, returning their land. It became a common theme. In the following decades, some Black farmers gained land through deals with white landowners: After being […]| Investigate Midwest
