The board of governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies announced that Dedrick Asante-Muhammed will be the next president of America’s Black think tank.

The Joint Center released Good Jobs Challenge recommendations to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). These recommendations provide insight into how the Good Jobs Challenge can benefit Black workers and create critical opportunities to increase Black employment.

The Joint Center released survey results on racial equity priorities across race. Of the priorities, passing legislation to protect online privacy and data was rated the highest by respondents, with 73 percent of all respondents saying this priority should be an important or top priority for Congress.

This report provides evidence regarding the need for more racial diversity among U.S. Senate personal office top staff. We found that only 15.8 percent of all Senate personal office top staff are people of color, despite people of color making up 41.1 percent of the U.S. population.

The Joint Center released survey results on racial equity priorities across race. Over half of respondents say that hiring a staff who represents them and their interests should be an important or top priority for Congress.