300,000+ Black women lose jobs since Trump’s return: ‘Impact will ripple throughout the economy’

Americans are grappling with an economy facing rising prices and a slowdown in hiring, fueled in part by President Trump's tariffs on imported goods. Economists expected the US to add 75,000 net new jobs in August, which would have been alarmingly low. Instead, only 22,000 materialized and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%.That was a slight jump from July. But black Americans have seen their jobless rate jump even faster at 7 and a half%. They currently face the highest unemployment rate of any racial grou ...