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FIRED: The DOGE Layoffs Hit Black Women Hard
BY LOTTIE JOINER • FEATURE • OCTOBER 7, 2026
This series reveals how the mass federal layoffs not only shattered livelihoods and upended families, but also devastated the Black women who have often been the backbone of their families and communities.
‘This Is the First Time I’ve Touched Grass’: Inside the U.S. College Campuses Pioneering Social Prescriptions
As a mental health crisis overwhelms college students and counseling departments, universities are creating programs that prescribe nature, arts and belonging.
Go Fish! The Rise of Youth Social Prescribing
A UK-born healthcare movement that “prescribes” community activity to struggling young people is spreading to Canada, Australia, and the US.
‘I Had to Get My Mind Right’: The Challenges to Loving Relationships After Being Laid Off by DOGE
After the federal firings, Black women felt betrayed and disillusioned. One longtime federal worker learned from experience the importance of community — that people who have experienced collective trauma need collective resilience.
Recovering From a ‘Gut Punch’: Black Women Fired by Trump and Musk Work to Overcome Shame and Self-Blame
Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. They got their degrees. They excelled at their jobs. They received awards for excellent performance. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds.
MindSite News Interviews
‘It’s Incredibly Frustrating Lindsay Clancy’s Psychiatrists Missed Diagnosing Postpartum Psychosis When She Was Hospitalized’
An exclusive interview about the Lindsay Clancy case with maternal mental health expert Joy Burkhard
Journalist and Playwright Tackles Her Brother’s Life Sentence with a One-Woman Play
‘Puppets have a way of allowing people to talk about heavy topics without overwhelming them’
Guest Essay
We Don’t Prosecute Dementia. Why Do We Prosecute Psychosis?
Lindsay Clancy didn’t get a verdict. She got judged anyway.
Mental Health News
How 9/11’s firefighters began to heal from unspeakable trauma
‘At the FDNY, we lost 343 members…The devastation was so total that action seemed like the only antidote.’
As AI ‘Therapists’ Dish Out Advice, California Lawmakers Try to Set Some Limits
The use of chatbots has exploded over the last two years, and people are increasingly turning to them for mental health advice.
Investigations
‘I Can’t Focus on My Schoolwork’: A High School Student Agonizes That Her Parents Will Be Seized While She’s in Class
As Trump and the Supreme Court dismantle the system that protected millions of immigrant families who fled danger, children wonder: Will we be next?
A Three-Year-Old Tries to Cope Without his Beloved Papi
When a parent is taken away by ICE, a child’s world implodes. The long-term consequences include depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mental Health News
LA County Says a Program Meant to Help People with Serious Mental Illness is Gaining Traction
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health court is gaining more participants in Los Angeles County. CARE Court treats people with serious mental health conditions.
Silent Cry: The Unseen Toll of Infant Loss on Black Families in California
Across the United States, Black parents experience infant loss at rates twice as high as their white counterparts. In California, Black infants die at nearly three times the rate of white babies, a disparity that persists in Kern County, where socioeconomic challenges leave infants dying at triple the rate of white babies as well.
Investigations
In Depth
The Trauma and Resilience of Afghans: An Interview with Dr. Qais Alemi
Alemi says refugee trauma stems not only from war atrocities, but from cultural dislocation and the loss of language and identity.
Michigan’s LGBTQ+ student clubs create affirming spaces inside public schools
Such alliances can provide LGBTQ+ students safe, welcoming places to connect
Refugees Struggle in New Land: A View from 40 Years Ago
In 1985, The Tenderloin Times explored the lives of Southeast Asian refugees and U.S. veterans 10 years after the end of the Vietnam War. This story offered a look at the efforts by three very different Southeast Asian refugee communities to rebuild and adjust to their new lives in a new country.
Forgotten Children
Forgotten Children is a four-part series on the tragic and underreported problem of childhood grief – and the efforts to address it. Parental death has been rising in the U.S. due to COVID-19, the overdose epidemic and gun violence.
State of Mental Health
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Art and Culture
Superstar Athletes Open Up at Project Healthy Minds 5th Annual World Mental Health Day Festival
Bringing together athletes, entertainers, and mental health experts, the 5th Annual World Mental Health Day Festival featured candid conversations on identity, screen time, and emotional resilience.
The Salon Experience on Rikers Island That Some Hope Could Scale Across the Country
How the Beauty Beyond Bars salon brought renewed confidence and hope to three women preparing for release from Rikers Island.
The Return of Prison Journalism
A look at the American Penal Press Contest, a reboot in its second year.
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