Articles by Joint Center
Op-Ed: Black Unemployment is Falling, But the Racial Economic Divide Continues
Joint Center President Dedrick Asante-Muhammad penned an op-ed focused on the recent release of The State of the Black Labor Market report and what the first eight months looked like…
The New York Amsterdam News Covered the Joint Center’s State of the Black Labor Market Report
The New York Amsterdam News covered the Joint Center’s State of the Black Labor Market report, which provided an eight-month analysis of unemployment and employment trends for Black Americans from…
Joint Center Mentioned in Rolling Out Interview with CBCF President & CEO Nicole Austin-Hillery
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. CBCF President and CEO Nicole Austin-Hillery was interviewed by Rolling Out to discuss the foundation’s mission, the Annual…
Inside Black Policy: Tech – September 2026
Joint Center and CBCF’s Black Policy Playbook Mentioned in The Washington Informer
Dr. Jonathan M. Cox, Vice President, Center for Policy Analysis and Research at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, was interviewed by the Washington Informer on the 50th anniversary of the…
Joint Center Submits Statement for the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Hearing ‘Strengthening the American Economy: Promoting Growth, Opportunity, and Prosperity’
The Joint Center submitted a statement for the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services hearing, “Strengthening the American Economy: Promoting Growth, Opportunity, and Prosperity.” From our statement, drafted by Joint…
The State of the Black Labor Market
The brief, The State of the Black Labor Market, analyzes U.S. labor market data for Black workers from January to August 2026. The first eight months of 2026 produced three…
Op-Ed: You Can’t Fix What You Can’t See: Why Eliminating Workplace Diversity Data Threatens Black Workers
The recent proposal before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) could make it harder to collect and disseminate detailed workforce demographic data, potentially limiting our ability to identify and address…
Joint Center Appeared on WURD Evening Wurd’s Podcast to Discuss Jobs Day Analysis
Joint Center Senior Researcher for Financial Regulation and Policy Cantrell Dumas appeared on WURD Radio’s Evening WURD podcast to discuss the elevated Black unemployment rate and the Joint Center’s Jobs…
Inside Black Policy: Joint Center — August 2026
