MSNBC: House Democrat presses Fed for data on Trump-fueled spike in Black women’s unemployment

September 9. 2025

Executive Director Noreen Farrell and ERA are mentioned in an MSNBC article about new statistics showing a sharp increase in women’s unemployment, particularly for Black women.

Farrell specifically spoke about the crisis Trump has overseen, with women being purged from the workplace or leaving on their own as diversity programs and workplace protections have been cut.

Farrell also raised concerns that the administration’s attempts to install a right-wing activist to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics could lead to data about women’s unemployment — such as the data Pressley expressed concern about in her letter — being manipulated or completely fabricated to hide the severity of job losses under Trump.

Read the article.