📣 Join Me Live Today on Substack: Equal Pay, Black Unemployment & Trump v. CASA

I’m excited to invite you to a very important Substack Live today at 12 PM PST (Pacific Time) with my guest, Attorney Nadine Jones.

🎙 About Nadine Jones

Nadine is a powerhouse, a former General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and seasoned executive with deep experience in legal, commercial, HR, and compliance across corporate America. I can’t wait to speak with her.

🔥 What We’re Talking About

We’re diving into three timely and urgent issues:

🧑🏾‍⚖️ 1. Trump v. CASA: A Legal Earthquake

This Supreme Court decision limits the ability of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions, and it’s being called a major win for executive power. You may have seen Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s blistering dissent, warning that this ruling will let “executive lawlessness flourish.”

Justice Amy Coney Barrett immediately fired back with a rebuke that questioned Jackson’s legal grounding. It was more out of line than Justice Brown Jackson’s dissent.

⚖️ 2. Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and Why It’s on July 10th

That’s today. It takes Black women seven extra months into the new year to earn what white men earned last year.
By contrast, white women reach equal pay by March. That’s a five-month pay gap after white women.

It’s a stark reminder that Black women are still at the economic margins, even in conversations about equality.

📉 3. The State of Black Unemployment

Facts:

• Black women’s unemployment has jumped from 5.1% in March to 6.2% in May.

• Black men and women have an unemployment rate of 6.8 % which is the highest rate since January 2022, which was during COVID.

• Meanwhile, white unemployment is at 4.1%.

This growing gap isn’t accidental; it’s a warning sign.

As I say in my book Qualified: Why Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work, Black women are the canaries in the workplace coal mine. And right now, we’re watching the mine collapse.

These unemployment spikes aren’t just economic trends; they’re signals of deep, systemic exclusion and fragility, especially in sectors where Black women are overrepresented, like government and education. And with public sector layoffs and federal rollbacks, Black workers are often the first to go.

📚 Why This Matters

I wrote Qualified because I saw this coming in boardrooms, coaching calls, and data. This moment requires clear-eyed learning and action. That’s why I’ve built 12 e-learning modules for those asking, "What can I do?"

The first module, “Why We Talk About Race,” is currently available for free but only for a limited time.

🗓 How to Join Us

Join us live at noon today or catch the replay 20–30 minutes afterward.
Bring your questions. Join the dialogue. Share the space.

Qualified at the Intersection is sustained by readers like you. Our next goal is 200 paid subscribers, which will help me release more of these learning modules publicly. Interested in other ways to support, like one-time purchases or alternate subscriptions? Drop a comment. I want to hear from you.

Thank you for being here, for caring, and for continuing to show up.

— Shari