::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

by Mona Austin  (TSN): "The state of the Union is strong and getting stronger," the 46th Pres. of the United States Joe Biden said in his third address to the nation on March 7, 2024.  In a FOX News interview afterward the  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson rebuffed  the president's diagnosis of the nation saying (figuratively) that the health of the USA is not strong and "everyone knows it." Within the next 24 hours Biden maintained the advantage by kicking off a tour to go sell his massage, starting in Philadelphia.  In what felt like a campaign rally, Biden fiercely defended his record addressing a potpourri of problems ranging from the economy to the border crisis in his third State of the Union Address. He energetically rebuffed notions that he has been a do-nothing leader from the moment he stood on the speaker's dais. Biden did not allow Johnson to make the traditional introduction, turf-marking behavior that signified his control and put the chamb...

By Mona Austin The U.S. posted strong numbers for the nation's unemployment status for the month of April 2018 and Pres. Trump is boasting about the employment upswing, especially when it comes to Blacks and joblessness.  A lower rate of unemployment is good news for the nation as when the nation sees growth as a whole there is a tendency to see progress in most measured categories such as race. Trump is not saying is  Blacks are at the bottom of the employment barrel among minorities, giving the impression there is a complete turn-around.  The overall unemployment rate, currently 3.9 percent, is the lowest in 18 years according to Reuters. The improvement has an impact across the board.   It is true that the unemployment rate among African Americans is the lowest since 1972.  However, at just 6.6 percent for Blacks in comparison to  2.7 percent for Asian-Americans, 3.6 percent for Whites and 4.8 percent for Hispanics (also the lowest t...