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Black Unemployment Rises as the U.S. Bounces Back from Pandemic Economy

A recent NBC News report highlights an increase in unemployment for Black workers vs other ethnic groups as the U.S. rebounds from the Covid economic downturn.

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Donney Rose
Oct 04, 2021
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The U.S. economy is on a slow crawl back to stability after being wrecked throughout the entirety of the (still persisting) pandemic. Fortune recently reported a marginal increase in consumer spending this past August despite an increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, and in the face of inflation. Per Fort…

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