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What’s Behind Rising Unemployment for Black Workers?

Valerie Wilson Economic Policy Institute
There has been a clear deterioration in the labor market for Black workers this year. The decline in Black workers’ employment appears to be concentrated among Black women.

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`Rise of the Robots' and `Shadow Work'

Barbara Ehrenreich The New York Times
Even the most expensively educated - Lawyers, radiologists and software designers, among others - have seen their work evaporate to India or China. Tasks that would seem to require a distinctively human capacity for nuance are increasingly assigned to algorithms, like the ones currently being introduced to grade essays on college exams.
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