WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Labor Department’s September jobs report shows the Trump recession drags on. The unemployment rate is at an unacceptably high 7.9 percent and an even worse 12.1 percent in the African American community. Nearly 12 million American workers continue to draw unemployment benefits, with the latest initial weekly claims staying “elevated beyond the worst levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic.”  It is a … Continue reading Unemployment Remains Unacceptably High, Yet Trump’s Senate Allies Simply Refuse to Deliver More COVID-19 Relief