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300,000 Jobs Gone: Pressley Demands Powell Act, Exposes Trump’s War on Black Women

2025-09-11 News & Politics
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Roland S. Martin
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Congresswoman Pressley Demands Federal Reserve Action on Job Losses Affecting Black Women

Immediately grasp the catastrophic economic assault targeting Black women and learn the coordinated political and community action required to defy targeted dismantling of Black progress.

Short Summary

  • Over 300,000 Black women have lost employment since the current administration took office, signaling a major economic crisis.
  • Congresswoman Pressley explicitly demands Federal Reserve Chair Powell address this unemployment spike by fulfilling the dual mandate of maximum employment.
  • The erosion of Black economic status disproportionately impacts families, as 51% of Black women serve as primary breadwinners.
  • The response strategy involves a multi-pronged approach: litigation, legislation, agitation, and building grassroots mutual aid infrastructure.

This discussion centers on the urgent economic crisis facing Black women, framed by Congresswoman Pressley as highly targeted anti-Black racism. It details the alarming job loss statistics, connects this to systemic issues in banking access, and outlines concrete socio-political steps necessary to confront what is described as a "dictatorship" undermining Black advancement.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joins Roland Martin to sound the alarm on the devastating economic assault facing Black women. She cites more than 300,000 jobs lost since Trump’s return to office, a staggering blow to families and communities where Black women are the backbone. Pressley demands that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fulfill his statutory mandate of maximum employment by analyzing the crisis and delivering a plan of action. She warns that the administration’s targeted dismantling of Black progress is a five-alarm fire for the entire economy, and insists that dictatorship can only be confronted with defiance, not appeasement. 🔥 300,000 Black women lost their jobs since Trump went back into the Oval Office 🔥 Pressley warns of anti-Blackness “on steroids” targeting Black women and families 🔥 Black women are the canaries in the coal mine — this is a five-alarm fire for America 🔥 “If you don’t care about Black women, you don’t care about this economy or any working family” #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #AyannaPressley Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@AngelaDillingham 2025-09-11

We are continually silenced, oppressed, and suppressed. And still we rise - maybe not at the same pace, but we still rise.

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@karenguillory1094 2025-09-11

To my sister I just love love love you. You are my kind of person. You are amazing you and Jasmine Crockett are powerhouses and I love you.

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@calzamora9430 2025-09-11

Roland doing the real work while others spending time feeding the trolls

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@nivlekloen7437 2025-09-11

Al Greene is a gem!

27 1 replies
@karenguillory1094 2025-09-11

They always try to break us, but we stand. They always try to tear us down, but we stand. My people are a strong group of people and no matter if my people are wrong and the way they humble things I will always stand for my people because us as a unity of Black people must learn to stick together, no matter what.

24 6 replies
@michaeljones1639 2025-09-11

Has anyone seen a wound on orange man's ear after his heroic survival of the "assassination" attempt?🤔

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@williamwhitehead1320 2025-09-11

Beautifully Powerful; Excellent Powerful Report!!! Thank you Brother Roland...

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@ShalishaSims 2025-09-11

PRESSLEY❤❤

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@nikikhan3995 2025-09-11

That’s awful! Tier 1 capital is liquidity!!! This is serious.

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@tracieg5164 2025-09-12

Mrs Pressley, please keep pressing on.

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