By Tchicaya Ellis Robertson, PhD with Candace Ellis Clark, BS Close to one million Black women ages 20+ were unemployed in November 2025, a 7.1% unemployment rate, according to BLS household survey data . The official data is already loud, and it carries direct consequences for how resumes will be screened in 2026. Think about this scale in human terms; almost 1M families who rely on a Black woman as head of household have lost their lunch money, bill money, transportation mo

New 2026 employment AI laws are changing what counts as defensible HR tech. The risk is not limited to automated scoring or ranking models. It is also in the knowledge layer.

The campus was alive with energy—parents carrying shopping bags, students laughing as they mapped out their next four years, and my...