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The Joint Center's newsletter includes the latest updates on our work including reports, events, press releases & statements on Joint Center research and major developments in Congress. Stay up-to-date with America's Black think tank by subscribing here: jointcenter.org/newsletter/
ICYMI: Joint Center Associate Fellow Nicolaine Lazarre was a panelist at @Georgetown University's Black Alumni Summit.
The panel, "All Politics is Local - Reimagining Black Power,” examined the erosion of the Voting Rights Act and explored local strategies Black communities can use to construct political homes for ourselves. #HoyaBAS
NEXT WEEK: Joint Center Associate Fellow Marshawn Wolley will join community leaders for a panel discussion on the economy and how African Americans are faring in the labor market.
Register here: ipaindy.org/fall-networking
This week, the @JointCenter convened journalists, Black media leaders, civil rights and technology policy experts, legal experts, and technology industry representatives to discuss AI and the future of Black journalism.
Thank you to our panelists @Phil_Lewis_ (deputy editor at @HuffPost and @WABJDC president), James Murray (head of business development at @WashPost), Varun Shetty (VP, media and entertainment at @OpenAI), and moderator Monica Mitchell (chief of staff at the Joint Center), for leading us through this timely and candid conversation.
What’s at stake for Black-owned businesses?
Tomorrow, join Joint Center President @DedrickM and more national leaders from business, policy, and civic life for a two-hour virtual conversation at The State of Black Business America Virtual Town Hall.
🗓️ Wednesday, October 28
⏰ 7:00–9:00 PM ET
📍 Virtual
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
ICYMI: Joint Center @DedrickM moderated a discussion on the economy with @DennisKelleher, Co-Founder, President, and CEO of @BetterMarkets, and Elizabeth Wilkins (@ewwilkins), President and CEO of the @RooseveltInst at Better Markets' 2026 State of Economic & Financial Policymaking Conference.
This week, the @FordFoundation, under the leadership of President Heather Gerken, released a new strategy built around one question: What does democracy require now?
Fifty-six years ago, part of Ford's answer was the @JointCenter.
Today, the same needs still define our work, and we are grateful that Ford continues to invest in it. Much of Ford's framework describes what we do every day.
📊 Economic security is family security.
In 2025, full-time Black male workers had $16,380 less in annualized median earnings than white men.
For National Parenting Week, learn more about the barriers facing Black fathers and families. Read here: jointcenter.org/black-father…
This Friday, Joint Center President @DedrickM and Senior Researcher Cantrell Dumas will moderate two sessions during @BetterMarkets' State of Economic & Financial Policymaking Conference.
Learn more & RSVP here: bettermarkets.org/analysis/b…
Last night, the Joint Center celebrated our staff, board, and alumni at a special dinner. We were grateful to create a space that brings together the Joint Center's past, present, and bright future.
With two weeks left until #ElectionDay, Former Joint Center Intern Sydney Dowd breaks down the 2026 midterms and why representation is an economic issue.
Read her blog post here: jointcenter.org/the-2026-mid…
Black mothers working full-time, year-round are paid just 56¢ for every dollar paid to white fathers.
For #NationalParentingWeek, @JointCenter highlights the economic realities facing Black mothers and families. Read here: jointcenter.org/motherhood-w…
🚨 In 2025, an estimated 45 percent of Black children could not receive the full CTC because their family income was too low to qualify, according to @CPSPPoverty.
The Joint Center's new brief examines barriers to the Child Tax Credit for Black families and calls for reform.
Read it here: jointcenter.org/The-Child-Ta…
When young Black adults enter the workforce, they're not always thinking about retirement or able to save for it. Over time, with systemic and structural issues like lower wages and unstable income, many Black Americans experience a retirement gap.
Joint Center Senior Researcher Cantrell Dumas talks more about the Black retirement gap on a recent episode of @OnWURD's Evening WURDS.
Listen here: jointcenter.org/joint-center…
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1/ The employment landscape for Black women is shifting rapidly, especially in the DMV.
With over 251,000 job losses in early 2025, the @washinformer reports that Black women are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn. ⬇️
On the last day of #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth, we're uplifting recent @EconomicPolicy data showing that Latina workers between the ages of 25 and 54 "continue to drive the growth in employment rates of Hispanic workers in 2026."
Read the full analysis by Ismael Cid-Martinez here: epi.org/blog/despite-a-softe…
