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Filings for unemployment insurance have risen to an unprecedented 2.3 million due to the COVID-19 crisis. Less than two weeks ago, that number was at 281,000 — which was already alarmingly close to the 299,000 previous record in 2017. Though unemployment rates have surged more than eight times the country’s…
This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new rule tightening requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients. The rule will decrease the number of people eligible for SNAP benefits by nearly 2%, which means 688,000 people will no longer qualify. SNAP benefits, formerly known as Food…
A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that young people who had experienced gun violence had increased risks of post-traumatic stress disorder, unemployment and substance abuse. The study, published in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Surgery, looked at 183 young adult patients with a median age…
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders admitted Tuesday evening on Twitter that she gave false information when attempting to tout President Trump’s record on job creation for Black Americans. Sanders told reporters, Tuesday, during a White House press briefing: “This president, since he took office, created 700,000 new jobs…
Donald Trump taking credit for record-low unemployment rates is racist. The economic recovery is proceeding along the same pace it has been since former President Barack Obama was in office, and Black unemployment is following the same pattern. Put a straight edge across either unemployment or the economy and you…
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter had a powerful message for the president this weekend: you can’t put a price tag on happiness. “Money doesn’t equate to happiness. It doesn’t. That’s missing the whole point,” he said. “You treat people like human beings. That’s the main point. It goes back to the whole…
This incident was unlike the recent police-related deaths of unarmed Black men, including Alton Sterling. Smith was armed, a foot chase ensued and he refused to drop his gun, according to authorities. The clashing of citizens and police is more indicative of a tipping point for the city of Milwaukee…
By Julissa Catalan Photo by Shutterstock According to new analysis by the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Black women are the only group whose unemployment rate has gone unchanged in the last year. “The slowdown in job growth isn’t the only red flag in today’s employment data,” said Joan Entmacher,…
By Julissa Catalan A newly released report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)a left-wing think tank that studies inequality and economic issuesshows that Blacks account for a disproportionate amount of the 2013 unemployment rate when it comes to recent college graduates. According to the Pew Research Center,…