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Blacks in the South and Midwest Hurt Most by Jobless Cuts

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When cash-strapped states in the South and Midwest slashed unemployment benefits after the Great Recession, claiming it was an effort to save money and boost the economy, they only succeeded in disproportionately hurting Black families already struggling to make ends meet. In a recent analysis of […]