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Black Americans are bearing the brunt of coronavirus recession – this should come as no surprise

  • Written by William M. Rodgers III, Professor of Public Policy and Chief Economist, Rutgers University
When the shuttered economy reopens, how many black Americans will be left out in the cold?http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Virus-Outbreak-Unemployment-Funds/390acd85a7b94a2a8cfddfdd414dacfa/1/0Mark Lennihan

As the COVID-19 pandemic worsened in April, many Americans were shocked by the extent that black Americans were being disproportionately...

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