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Black unemployment under Trump reaches its highest rate since the pandemic. Here’s what it could mean

Black workers are often last hired, first fired,” said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation. The ...
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July jobs report sees continued gloomy hiring picture

The unemployment rate held at 4.2%, with 7.2 million people unemployed. While sectors such as health care and social ...

Black women unemployment rate rises to 6.3%, signaling continuing crisis

For Black women, 20 years and older, the unemployment rate during July was 6.3%, according to the bureau’s July report. This ...

Unemployment Ticks Up to 4.2%

Unemployment bounced back slightly in July. The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.2% in July, according to the bureau. That’s a ...
Opinion

Black Unemployment Surges To Pandemic-Era Levels In July — Here’s Why It Matters

The broader picture shows 7.2 million Americans unemployed in July, with the national unemployment rate rising to 4.2%. While this matches economists’ forecasts, the underlying weakness in job ...

Jobs market stalls as US adds only 73K in July; huge revisions in May, June

The U.S. added only 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher to 4.2 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The July jobs report showed the ...

The U.S. job market was weak in July, and previous months were worse than thought

Sharp revisions of government data show the U.S. created just 33,000 jobs total in May and June, while July’s number came in ...

Economy likely created 115,000 jobs in July as labor market loses momentum

When the Labor Department puts out its July employment report Friday, it’s expected to show that companies, government ...