Be Well: What the May Jobs Report Says About U.S. Economy
Marty Cantor, CPA and economic development consultant, joined Cheddar News to talk about the May jobs report. He said that despite numerous jobs being created, the economy is still slow growing because "the jobs we're creating are really filling the jobs that are retired so its being a superheated economy." Cantor noted that 3.5 million people have retired since the start of the pandemic.
Five people were killed and two children were wounded in a shooting in Philadelphia as police arrested a suspect who was wearing a bulletproof arrest. Meanwhile in Fort Worth, Texas, three died and eight were hurt as police said several men were shooting at random near a festival celebrating July 4th.
Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, is filing the civil rights complaint on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England, alleging that Harvard’s admissions system violates the Civil Rights Act.