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Democrats Alarmed by Midterm Results that Show Turnout Among Black Voters Fell

December 17, 2022December 17, 2022 by Elizabeth Vaughn

As political analysts sift through the results of the 2022 midterms, they’ve come to a disturbing conclusion: Turnout among black voters was down. Unlike the increasing numbers of Hispanic Americans who have abandoned the Democratic Party in recent years, these voters did not defect to the GOP. They simply stayed home – in significant numbers. …

July Jobs Report Revealed Some Bad News for Black Americans

August 8, 2022 by Elizabeth Vaughn

On Friday, the Labor Department reported that 528,000 jobs had been added to the economy in July, more than double the 258,000 economists had been expecting. We also learned the unemployment rate had ticked down to 3.5%. Coming on the heels of the prior week’s Commerce Department report that showed the economy had contracted at …