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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…
Joint Center retweeted
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…
🎙️ TONIGHT @ 6 PM ET: Listen to Joint Center Senior Researcher Cantrell Dumas discuss the Black retirement divide on Evening WURDS (@onwurd) with Dr. James Peterson.
Listen here: wurdradio.com/shows/evening-…
Joint Center retweeted
The raid carried out this morning at the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar by the Trump Administration is a sham designed to cast suspicion on the Congresswoman and manufacture an appearance of wrongdoing on the eve of the midterm elections, without any apparent legal basis.
Our statement:
🚨 The @JointCenter strongly opposes President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a committee of inquiry into Federal Reserve Governor @DrLisaDCook.
Read our full statement from Joint Center President @DedrickM below.
On #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, we're reminded that, as of 2025, Native Americans were underrepresented among top staff in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Our 2025 report found that nearly all groups of color were underrepresented among top staff in the U.S. House, including Native Americans, who made up 0.5% of the U.S. population, but only 0.2% of top staffers in the House.
Read it here: bit.ly/4i8THbD
Looking for some weekend reading?
Read Inside Black Policy: Tech Policy for the key tech policy news on AI, affordable broadband access, disinformation, and more.
Read the latest in tech policy here: jointcenter.org/inside-black…
