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The State of the Black Labor Market

A free Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies brief (September 2026) on Black employment, wages, unemployment and the sectors driving the gaps.

Why I recommend it: Data you can quote. Useful if you are making the case for a hiring or pay decision and need a source rather than an opinion.

600,000 Black Women Pushed Out of the Workforce: New IWPR Report Examines Why

The Black Wall Street Times covers an Institute for Women's Policy Research report on why roughly 600,000 Black women left the U.S. workforce, including public-sector cuts, caregiving load and hiring discrimination.

Why I recommend it: If your search feels harder than it should, this is the structural context — it helps separate market forces from personal performance.

Groundwork Collaborative

Economic policy organization researching corporate power, prices, and worker outcomes.

Why I recommend it: Their work on corporate power explains a lot about the labor market job seekers are facing.

Roosevelt Institute

Think tank publishing research on economic policy, labor markets, and corporate power.