By Stacy M. Brown, Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent

A new report from the Brookings Institution warns that the nation’s job market may be entering a period of instability that could worsen racial and economic disparities. While the overall unemployment rate held steady between June 2024 and June 2025, joblessness among Black workers rose by more than half a percent. The analysis by Glencora Haskins and Tracy Hadden Loh of Brookings Metro shows that the Washington region may be a preview of what is to come nationally. Unemployment in the area rose by almost 0.6 percentage points during the same period, but white unemployment increased faster than Black unemployment for the first time in years.

“While overall unemployment remained stable between June 2024 and 2025, unemploymen

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