The Black unemployment rate in August 2025 surged to 7.5%, double the rate for white workers, and asset-building programs like the Family Self-Sufficiency program are essential to help families weather unemployment, avoid eviction, and create security that income alone cannot guarantee.
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Degrees, But No Jobs: New Grads Celebrate While Facing Rising Unemployment
Recent college graduates in the tech and STEM fields are facing rising unemployment, with Black graduates and women being disproportionately affected, while the economy is expected to continue to strain without a surge in job demand or a mass exodus from the labor force.
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Texas poised for slower job growth this year, Dallas Fed projects
By Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune Feb. 9, 2024 “Texas poised for slower job growth this year, Dallas Fed projects” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan […]
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Counties with the highest unemployment in Texas
By Stacker While significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, unemployment rates remain a subject of concern, though experts’ views on a potential recession […]
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Black Women Face Dire Consequences When Unemployment Rates Rise
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the impact was particularly pronounced among Black women, especially those working in the public sector. […]
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T.D. Jakes Foundation, Workforce Dallas, and The Mavericks Host Citywide Job Fair
T.D. Jakes and partners set path for employment and career growth with its PATHWAY to Opportunity program; Event will include more than 30 employers DALLAS—March 7, 2023—T.D. Jakes Foundation is […]
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Generation Z Sparking the ‘Great Resignation’ as Employers Realize Shortages
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The pandemic has spurred the Great Resignation phenomenon, and it is still on. Many workers have continued to resign and […]