Word in Black Highlighted Joint Center Industrial Policy Issue Brief

Word in Black highlighted the Joint Center’s new issue brief, “Shifting the Narrative on Industrial Policy: Opportunities for Genuine Economic Mobility and Good Jobs for Black Communities.” The brief examines how recent federal investments offered a historic opportunity to increase Black access to “good jobs” in high-growth industries like manufacturing, clean energy, and technology.

From the article: “A new 16-page issue brief by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies warns that federal industrial policy investments aimed at advancing economic opportunity for Black communities are under threat, as the Trump administration eliminates key diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) provisions and slows the disbursement of funding.”

Click here to read the article. This article was also published in the Washington Informer.