Bennie Krakue, 16, was born in Ghana. She writes about the difficulty of learning about Black History Month in school. #firstperson

The first month of the Trump administration has brought chaos to US health agencies through mass firings, funding interruptions and communications freezes as the country battles not just the threat of bird flu but a historic measles outbreak centered in West Texas and the worst year for seasonal flu in more than a decade.

Trump has implemented a multitude of executive orders and fired thousands of government officials all within his first month in office—moves that risk sending the economy into a tailspin. He advised Democrats to simply sit back and watch it happen.