![Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Julianne Malveaux](https://ibw21.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/articles-by-dr-julianne-malveaux_duotone_v1-e1498900888314.jpg)
When unemployment rate data were released on Friday morning, commentators replied joyfully. Alan Krueger, who heads the White House Council of Economic Advisors, described the creation of 247,000 jobs as a victory, since the predictions were that the economy would only generate 170,000 jobs. Unemployment rates went down to 7.7 percent, while predictions were that […]