Biden heads to Tulsa to mark 100th anniversary of race massacre Dave Goldiner
President Biden will journey to Oklahoma on Tuesday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the largely forgotten Tulsa race massacre and announce new measures to narrow the country’s wealth gap.
The 1921 massacre and destruction of what was then known as “Black Wall Street” remains one of the nation’s darkest moments of racial violence. Up to 300 Black people were killed by a white mob, and thousands of survivors were forced for a time into internment camps overseen by the National Guard.
Biden is the first president to participate in commemorations. He is expected to meet with a handful of elderly survivors and shine a spotlight on the ugly chapter of American history.
April jobs report shows sharp decline in hiring but Biden says economy heading in ‘right direction’ Chris Sommerfeldt
The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers added just 266,000 jobs last month, falling far short of expectations but President Biden sought to put a positive spin on the underwhelming growth and argued Americans must put it in the context of last year’s “economic collapse.”
With vaccinations ramping up and coronavirus restrictions relaxing, most economists had predicted the Labor Department’s April report would outperform the 916,000 new jobs created in March, making the 266,000 figure especially disappointing.
At the same time, the rate of working Americans collecting unemployment benefits ticked up from 6% to 6.1% in April, the report found, suggesting some workers may be staying on jobless aid even though jobs are available.
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AOC not impressed with Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan Dave Goldiner
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hit back at Biden after he voiced support for a $10,000 forgiveness solution for student loan debt.
“Biden’s holding back, but many of the arguments against it just don’t hold water on close inspection,” she tweeted. “We can and should do it.”
During the town hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Tuesday evening, the president resisted a questioner’s request for his administration to embrace the progressive goal of forgiving $50,000 in student loan debt, reiterating his commitment to forgiving just $10,000.
The case against student loan forgiveness is looking shakier by the day.
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