NEW YORK (October 10, 2019) -- A Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian election interference, published this week, confirmed the findings of the National Urban League’s 2019 State of Black America® report: Russian trolls targeted African-Americans more than any other group to dissuade them from voting.

“The National Urban League was the first to highlight the extent of Russian efforts to deceive, manipulate and exploit Black voters,” National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial said. “Efforts aimed at African Americans were uniquely insidious, using the trust in authentic Black media to recruit assets who were unaware of the role they played in sharing propaganda.

The State of Black America is available at www.StateOfBlackAmerica.org.

By Bernard Anderson, PhD
Whitney M. Young Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Chief Economic Advisor, National Urban League 

While employment continued to grow and the unemployment rate has fallen to a 50-year low, the downside of September’s job report is the pause in wage growth.  And while Black unemployment is historically low, it persistently remains twice the rate for white Americans.