“The rich nations must use their vast resources of wealth to develop the underdeveloped, school the unschooled, and feed the unfed.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Candece Monteil , National Urban League – It is a peculiar time in America, when economists offer varying outlooks on our economy. Some herald the artificial intelligence […]
The Big ‘Black Jobs’ Lie: Did Scapegoating Immigrants Backfire or Work Exactly as Planned?
By Edrea Davis – When the December 2025 jobs report arrived this week, it delivered a blunt verdict on a promise most Black people already knew was false: that mass deportations would somehow create “Black jobs.” After a year of economic upheaval and aggressive immigration enforcement, Black unemployment was higher, not lower. If Black communities […]