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Employment Opportunities Are Deteriorating for Black Men

Abdul El-Sayed
Jul 11, 2019
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A decade after the U.S. began to dig out of its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the country’s jobless rate is hovering at its lowest level in nearly a half century.

Despite lingering issues, including a decade of anemic wage growth and a vast majority of households that survive paycheck-to-paycheck, most Americans are finding jobs at a …

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