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Ayanna Pressley, Yvette Clarke, Jerome Powell, Black unemployment, Federal Reserve, theGrio.com
December 19, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. congresswomen demand that the Federal Reserve Board confront economic disparities hurting Black households.
Donald Trump, Economy, theGrio.com
December 17, 2025
For millions, including Black and young voters who helped expand his coalition in 2024, Trump's claim of an improved economy…
Donald Trump, Black Unemployment, theGrio.com
December 16, 2025
"If we had to give Donald Trump’s economy a grade, it would be an F. Fail fail fail fail fail,"…
Donald Trump, Black unemployment rate, theGrio.com
October 3, 2025
An August report from the Center for American Progress warned that Trump's MAGA agenda is a threat to the Black…
Donald Trump, Black unemployment rate, theGrio.com
September 5, 2025
The rate of jobless Black Americans hit 7.5% in August, further driving alarm among economists and advocates.
April job report, Black women unemployment rate, Black men unemployment rate, US unemployment rate, theGrio.com
May 15, 2025
While more than 170,000 jobs were added to the job market in April, Black women accounted for the highest job…
January 5, 2024
The White House takes a victory lap after Black unemployment remains low at 5.2%, dropping slightly from prior months. 
September 1, 2023
The Black unemployment rate fell slightly in August, suggesting good news for Black workers and the overall economy.
Black women illustration
January 8, 2023
Unemployment for Black women increased from 5.2% to 5.5% from November to December, per data from the Bureau of Labor…
December 27, 2022
Concern for the state of the Black economy lingers as African Americans have historically suffered during economic downturns.
September 5, 2022
U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh tells theGrio that the Black “under” employment rate is the “second highest” followed by Native…
President Joe Biden speaks about the January jobs report
June 6, 2022
TheGrio chatted with U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Biden senior advisor Gene Sperling about the latest Black unemployment report.
President Joe Biden speaks about the January jobs report
February 7, 2022
While Black unemployment rate has dropped alongside the national rate, joblessness for the community remains disproportionately high.
January 30, 2022
When it comes to high inflation rates, experts point to the 1980s as an indication that the worst has yet…
January 4, 2022
Labor Secretary Walsh tells theGrio the Biden administration will be "aggressive" at remedying the economic challenges for Black Americans.
May 7, 2021
Black unemployment is historically higher than white America despite Biden's pledge to bring justice and equity to the marketplace.
April 22, 2021
As President Biden's policy proposals could provide a pathway for Black Americans to gain back financial ground lost during the…
Man in Prison
March 5, 2021
In New York alone, Black and Brown communities lose more than $1B in earnings per year due to mass incarceration,…
Alice Marie Johnson thegrio.com
July 10, 2018
Even after freedom, black people, especially Black women, are still paying the cost of spending time behind bars and finding…
February 15, 2018
On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence used Frederick Douglass' 200th birthday to claim that Black unemployment is at a record…