by Adam Mahoney | Aug 11, 2026 | Black farmers, CDC, cyclospora, food crisis, groceries, News, Public Health
This summer, it has felt like the flow of Black folks and families arriving at Deep Roots CPS Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, has never let up, said Cherie Jzar, the farm’s managing director. They’re in search of something that has become harder to find in the grocery aisle: certainty. They’re asking about lettuce — when and where you can best grow it — and how they can incorporate…
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by Sasha Abramsky | Jul 30, 2026 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, CDC, cyclospora, DOGE, DOGE cuts, Ebola, Ebola outbreak, Measles, News, Polio, Public Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump Administration, USAID, USAID cuts
As the diarrhea-causing cyclospora parasite continues to spread through the U.S., now having sickened an estimated 11,500 Americans in at least nine states since May, it is becoming increasingly clear that the situation has been massively worsened by the actions of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) over the past 18 months. CNN reported last week that cuts to the Centers for…
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