About 745,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, which is 9,000 more than the previous week. The report, released Thursday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, revealed that the unemployment rate sits at 6.2 percent. Among major working groups, Black Americans' unemployment rate is 9.9 percent, while it sits at 5.6 percent for white Americans. About 4.1 million people have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. BNC's Aiyana Crystal spoke to a Howard University economist about the concerning unemployment numbers and how it's impacting the Black community. 'People don't have money, they're frightened when they lose money and they are going to […]
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