Workforce Policy
Joint Center Mentioned in Forbes in Article on the U.S. Labor Market and the High Black Unemployment Numbers
August 16, 2026 Array
Joint Center Chief of Staff Monica Mitchell was highlighted in a Forbes article discussing high Black unemployment numbers and how entrepreneurs are turning to ownership as a career strategy.
From the article: “The organization points not only to unemployment but also to policy changes and the loss of federal employment and economic-development infrastructure. Monica Mitchell, chief of staff at the Joint Center(opens in new tab) for Political and Economic Studies, characterized the combination of economic deterioration and policy rollbacks as conditions that could be considered recessionary if they were occurring across the national economy.”
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