'Black Unemployment Is the Best It's Ever Been' Is Off by Almost Two Points

The claim that African American unemployment is 'doing better than it's ever done' is false. BLS data show the Black unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in May 2026, up from the 6.2 percent inherited in January 2025, and far above the record low of 4.8 percent set in April 2023; it reached 7.3 percent in April 2026. Marcus rates it False.