Black Unemployment Report – August 2025

Black unemployment jumps to 7.5%, a 23% increase since last August.  New Black workers increased by 260,000. Unemployment Report The BLS jobs report showed almost no new job growth (+22,000 new jobs) in August.  Over the past three months, the economy added an average of 29,000 jobs. The numbers hint at a slowing US economy. … Read more

The American Medical Association Apologizes for the Harm it did to Black Healthcare in the United States

The shortage of Black physicians is one of the biggest on-going problems in the Black community. The lack of African American physicians affects Black life expectancy, patient health outcomes, and quality of life. It also affects African-American wealth, career opportunities, and education. In 1910 Flexner Report led to the closing of eight black medical schools … Read more

Black Economics Research Challenge: We need a measure of the United States Long-Term Black Structural Economic Bias Rate(BSEBR) and why the poverty rate matters

So, we have been thinking about this one for a while, and it has driven us crazy here at Blackeconomics.com. There is a need for a measure (and index) of the long-term, economic structural bias in society against Black people and Black economic achievement. The index could be used to discuss the long-term effects of … Read more

Black Doctors in the United States, Part 1

Or more than you ever wanted to know about Black Doctors in the US Introduction We want to explore the current state of Black physicians in the United States in 2025. We estimate there are apporximately 75,000 Black doctors in the US in 2024. (BlackEcononmics.com) Black doctors are vital to the Black community for four … Read more

Black Lynching Dataset

Racial terrorism was common during the Jim Crow period after Reconstruction in the South.  It was publicly displayed through lynching, even though the daily practice of racial domination, though violence was common from 1865 to 1960. There are varying reports of the total number of lynchings, but lynchings are the best representation of the racial … Read more

What we are Reading June, 2025

With a whole month, there is a lot to keep up with. Robert F Smith has a news website. Good website. I guess he is tired of answering interview questions. We are keeping an eye on the McDonald’s boycott announced by The People’s Union. Announced boycott of McDonald’s with the support of the Black Franchisee … Read more