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Ben Penn: The congressional watchdog agency released preliminary data that the Biden administration and its congressional allies say confirms a reality laid bare by the pandemic: People of color have a tougher time than Whites in accessing unemployment insurance.
More than 80% of White workers who applied for jobless benefits reported receiving their unemployment insurance checks during the pandemic, compared with 73% of Black applicants, the Government Accountability Office found.
The study, released June 17, also reviewed five states’ processing of federal ...
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