Trump’s post on undocumented immigrants and healthcare isn’t just a lie. It is a reminder that in his political playbook, racism isn’t a bug—it’s a feature.

In central Washington, the Yakima Valley stretches out as one of the most productive agricultural regions in the country. Apples, cherries, hops, and wine grapes define the economy, and much of the work is done by Latino farmworkers who have built their lives in the valley’s small towns. For tens of thousands of those families, Radio KDNA has been more than a station on the dial. It has been a companion in the fields, a trusted voice during wildfire evacuations, and one of the few places where Spanish is the language of news and power. That voice is now under threat. Earlier this summer, the federal government cut more than one billion dollars from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. With CPB shut down, hundreds of local stations across the country are scrambling to survive. KDNA relied on that funding for between 30 and 50 percent of its annual budget. [...]