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Written from a conservative angle but raises important issues and questions of concern to all, especially politicians that have to respond to them in the coming election cycle. This presents dilemmas for both parties in the US presidential election campaign that is now underway.New geographyThe American Working Class Dilemma Joel Kotkin is the R.C. Hobbs Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University in Orange and executive director of the Houston-based Center for Opportunity...

Economic Policy InstituteBlack workers endure persistent racial disparities in employment outcomesPart of the series Labor Day 2019: How Well Is the American Economy Working for Working People? Summary: Black workers are twice as likely to be unemployed as white workers overall (6.4% vs. 3.1%). Even black workers with a college degree are more likely to be unemployed than similarly educated white workers (3.5% vs. 2.2%). When they are employed, black workers with a college or advanced degree...