Where Lived Truth Meets Public Power

 

A monthly column by Felicia Ray Owens—exploring the weight of personal truth, civic leadership, and cultural power. These stories rise from lived experience and speak with the clarity of a voice that refuses to whisper.

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My original column C4 for the New Braunfels Herald Zeitung launches Friday June 27, 2025 and will be published monthly on the last Friday of every month. 

April 18, 2025
Judge Halts—For Now—Trump Bloodbath at US Consumer Bureau | Common Dreams
A judge's recent decision pauses the anticipated fallout from Trump’s reforms at the US Consumer Bureau, sparking fierce debates on economic policy. #Trump #ConsumerBureau #EconomicPolicy #CourtRuling #PoliticalDebate
April 8, 2025
US Supreme Court’s Right-Wing Majority Sides With Trump on Fired Federal Workers | Common Dreams
The Supreme Court's conservative majority backs Trump, impacting the rights of federal workers. A significant ruling for labor and governance. #SupremeCourt #Trump #FederalWorkers #LaborRights #CommonDreams
April 3, 2025
CDC Employees Say Layoffs Under Trump Hit Black and Marginalized Staff Hardest
Employees at the CDC in Atlanta accused the Trump administration and DOGE of laying off Black workers disproportionately. #CDC #BlackWorkers #DOGE #TrumpAdmin #HealthEquity #CDClayoffs
April 1, 2025
‘Absolute Bloodbath’ as Trump Administration Eviscerates Federal Health Agencies | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's drastic cuts to federal health agencies raise alarm bells across the nation. Is this the future of public health? #Trump #HealthCare #PublicHealth #GovernmentCuts #PolicyChange
March 13, 2025
‘Keep Calling’: Warnings of ‘Head Fake’ as Schumer Claims Dem Unity Against GOP Funding Bill | Common Dreams
"Amid internal divisions, Schumer urges Democrats to stay united against GOP funding bill, warning of potential 'head fake' tactics. #Democracy #GOP #Politics #Funding #Unity"
March 6, 2025
‘An American President Is Not a King’: Judge Reinstates Labor Regulator Illegally Fired by Trump | Common Dreams
A significant ruling underscores that an American president's authority is not absolute, reinstating the labor regulator dismissed by Trump. #LaborRights #Justice #Trump #Regulation #Politics
March 4, 2025
As Economic Warnings Flash Red, Trump Plows Forward With Massive Tax Hike on Ordinary Americans | Common Dreams
As Economic Warnings Flash Red, Trump's tax hike will burden ordinary Americans. We must resist this assault on working families. #TaxReform #EconomicCrisis #TrumpTaxHike #WorkingFamilies #Resistance
February 28, 2025
Federal Judge Rules Trump Mass Firing Order Was ‘Illegal’ and ‘Should Be Stopped’ | Common Dreams
A federal judge in California ruled Thursday that the Office of Personnel Management—an agency taken over by lieutenants of billionaire Elon Musk—violated the law earlier this month when it ordered the firing of thousands of probationary employees across the government. OPM “does not have any authority whatsoever under any statute […]
February 27, 2025
‘The Chaos Is the Point’: Union Blasts Trump Mass Firings as Attack on All Taxpayers | Common Dreams
Everett Kelley, the national president of the American Federation of Government Employees decried the latest move by the Trump administration to drastically reduce the federal workforce, writing in a statement Wednesday that AFGE will not stand idly by as President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their lackeys “run roughshod over […]
February 25, 2025
Refusing to Help DOGE ‘Dismantle Critical Public Services,’ 21 Tech Experts Resign | Common Dreams
  Over 20 U.S. federal tech workers who were forced into President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency resigned in protest on Tuesday, according to a joint letter obtained by The Associated Press. The 21 data scientists, engineers, and product managers were initially part of the […]
February 24, 2025
Internal Watchdog Ruling Indicates DOGE Mass Public Worker Firings ‘Unlawful’ | Common Dreams
  The U.S. Office of Special Counsel—the independent agency that protects government whistleblowers—has deemed “at least some” of the Trump administration’s mass firing of civil servants in their probationary periods to be illegal and recommended halting their termination, according to reporting Monday. Government Executive senior correspondent Eric Katz reported that […]
February 14, 2025
‘There’s Power in Fighting Back’: Court Battle Halts Purge of Consumer Agency
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. announced Friday that the Trump administration has agreed to halt its mass firings at a consumer protection agency, refrain from defunding it, and retain “vast troves” of data while a legal battle plays out. The National Treasury Employees Union, Public Citizen Litigation Group, and […]
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