Because standard unemployment reports continue to exclude prisoners, we have been treated to a highly misleading picture of black unemployment. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The black unemployment rate has to be twice that of the white rate in the US. If the national unemployment rate were… — Jared Bernstein Copy Share Image
“Black illiteracy decreased to 16.4 percent in 1930, from 45 percent in 1900. Fewer black babies died at birth—by half. Black life… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image