Apr 12, 2024

Why the unemployment gap for Black and white workers persists

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Institutional racism is at the heart of the issue. But what can be done to address the gap?

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The return of standardized testing?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Harvard has become the latest Ivy League school to reinstate its standardized testing requirement, starting with next year’s class. While many schools dropped the requirement early in the pandemic when it was hard to get to a testing site, this was also seen as a way to diversify incoming classes. But Harvard says standardized tests actually help it diversify.

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Capitol Hill focuses in on Boeing

by Nova Safo

Next week, the Senate is scheduled to hold not one but two hearings on Boeing’s safety lapses. Experts who reviewed the plane-maker’s manufacturing practices are set to testify. Also appearing is a whistleblower who says Boeing’s troubles extend beyond its Max jet.

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Race and Economy

The consistent unemployment gap between Black and white workers

by David Brancaccio and Erika Soderstrom

Apr 12, 2024

Unpacking the persistent 2-to-1 unemployment gap between Black and white workers.

"That disparity between Black and white workers is something that remains really a defining feature, unfortunately, of the U.S labor market," said Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy.

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David Brancaccio Host

Leanna Byrne Host, BBC

Kelly Silvera Executive Producer

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Ariana Rosas Producer

Nic Perez Director/Producer

Dylan Miettinen Digital Producer

John Bruington Media Producer

Jesson Duller Media Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

James Graham Producer, BBC

Jo Critcher Producer, BBC

Naomi Rainey Producer, BBC

Lis Mahy Producer, BBC

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