SOCIAL - POLITICAL COMMENTARY: Other America: Losing Hope
Losing Hope
This is an image of the Department Of Commerce Building Washington, DC. While the U.S. job growth has picked up & unemployment rate have fallen starting in 2010 to current 4.1 percent, the unemployment rate of African Americans is remains much higher than the average at 6.8%(1). These data show that there a significant gap that needs to be bridged with jobs.
(1) NPR, By Danielle Kurtzleben - January 8, 2018 5:18 PM ET