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Trump invites Project 2025 author to present economic data after jobs report showing rising Black unemployment

President Donald Trump sought to demonstrate a robust U.S. economy at the White House on Thursday after last month’s labor report revealed a slowdown in job creation and the highest Black unemployment rate since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. As reporters were lined up outside the White House to attend a scheduled East Room ceremony commemorating National Purple Heart Day, the White House pool was unexpectedly rushed into the Oval Office. Inside, Trump was joined by Stephen Moore, an […]

August 8, 2025

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Black unemployment is rising—critics say Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ promise was a lie

While campaigning for his return to the White House during the 2024 election, Donald Trump warned Black voters that undocumented immigrants were taking their so-called “Black jobs.” “They’re taking Black jobs now, and it could be 18, it could be 19, and even 20 million people. They’re taking Black jobs,” Trump said during his June 27, 2024, presidential debate against former President Joe Biden. The remark was quickly slammed by advocates and Democrats as both false and racially divisive. Trump […]

August 5, 2025 1

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Federal workers file class action lawsuit saying white men kept jobs while they got fired in DEI backlash

A group of federal workers say that massive layoffs tied to President Trump’s DEI ban targeted workers of color and women—even if their jobs had nothing to do with DEI. These workers have now filed a class action lawsuit against Trump’s administration and are being represented by the ACLU of D.C., according to NBC News. The legal argument workers are making is that their First Amendment rights were violated when they were fired over the perception that they had pro-DEI […]

March 27, 2025

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‘Sham’: Judge chastises Trump administration, orders thousands of federal employees to get jobs back

In a blistering ruling on Thursday, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to “immediately” offer thousands of recently fired federal employees their jobs back. U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered that federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Treasury, Energy, Interior, Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, rehire probationary employees who were terminated in mass, citing that it was “unlawful,” reports Politico. The lawsuit brought by federal employee unions came after the Trump administration implemented the mass firings as part of […]

March 14, 2025 1

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Trump administration plans to slash all but a fraction of USAID jobs, officials say

The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Late Thursday, federal workers associations filed suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown, arguing that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in congressional legislation. Two current USAID employees and one former senior USAID official told The Associated Press of […]

February 7, 2025

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Experts predict Trump’s SoftBank’s $100B AI investment will bring few jobs to Black and Brown Americans

Tech experts are questioning President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son’s announcement that the Japanese investment holding company would invest $100 billion in the United States, creating a “minimum” of 100,000 jobs. Trump championed the “historic investment” as a “monumental demonstration of confidence in America’s future.” The incoming president said the SoftBank commitment would “help ensure that artificial intelligence, emerging technologies and other industries of tomorrow are built, created and grown right here in the USA.” Despite Monday’s press […]

December 18, 2024

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There are no ‘Black jobs’ in Trump’s administration despite cadre of Black Republicans who campaigned for him

Despite several Black Republicans campaigning for him in the 2024 election cycle, President-elect Donald Trump has yet to name any of them to his administration.From U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., to U.S. Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, John James, R-Mich., and Burgess Owens, R-Utah, Trump has a pool of Black Republicans to select from. Several of them traveled on behalf of the Trump-Vance campaign in an attempt to court Black voters, namely Black men, which included barbershop talks […]

November 22, 2024

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Some young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for Donald Trump for president this year. Leija had voted for the Republican in 2016 and 2020. Leija’s rationale was simple: He said he has benefited from Trump’s economic policies, especially tax cuts. “I am a blue-collar worker,” Leija said. “So, tax breaks for small businesses are ideal for what I do.” For DaSean Gallishaw, a […]

November 12, 2024

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Trump insults Harris and Black journalist, recycles ‘Black jobs’ remark at NABJ convention

Former President Donald Trump drew swift and immediate outrage during a Wednesday interview with Black journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Convention in Chicago. The 2024 Republican presidential nominee prompted many gasps and grumbles during the panel conversation that lasted just over 30 minutes. The sit-down, moderated by ABC reporter Rachel Scott, Semafor reporter Kadia Goba and Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner, was expected to last an hour. Trump, 78, spewed disparaging insults against his Democratic opponent, […]

July 31, 2024