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Black Unemployment

Applicants wait to enter a job fair on June 11, 2012 in New York City. Some 400 people arrived early for the event held by National Career Fairs, and up to 1,000 people were expected by the end of the day. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Unemployment falls to 7.5 percent

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first thought. The gains trimmed the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent...
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CHICAGO - JULY 30: National Urban League President & CEO Marc H. Morial attends the National Urban League-Workshops at McCormick Place on July 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for National Urban League)

New 'State of Black America' report puts focus on jobs

James Braxton Peterson
theGRIO REPORT - This week the National Urban League released its 2013 State of Black America report, a comprehensive, data-driven assessment of where black and Latino Americans stand in relation to their white counterparts in the US...
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Black unemployment dips as national rate rises to 7.9 percent

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment dipped slightly from 14 percent to 13.8 and black teen joblessness also fell from 40.5 to 37.8 percent...
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Black unemployment rises; US rate at 7.8 percent

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 155,000 jobs in December, a steady gain that shows hiring held up during tense fiscal cliff negotiations in Washington...
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US unemployment falls to 7.7 percent, 4-year low

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) i The U.S. economy added a solid 146,000 jobs in November and theunemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest since December 2008. The government said Superstorm Sandy had only a minimal effect on the figures...
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Mitt Romney

Romney discusses African-American economic empowerment

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney, GOP presidential contender, spoke to Black Enterprise recently in a rare interview to targeted African-American press....
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel

Soft Sheen founder tells Chicago mayor: 'More blacks in construction!'

Tonya Garcia, Madame Noire Business
Ed Gardner, the 87-year-old founder of Soft Sheen hair care products, met with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week to discuss the lack of African-American construction workers on jobs around the city.
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Jobless rate falls to 7.8 percent, 44-month low

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black unemployment has fallen from 14.1 to 13.4 percent and African-American teen joblessness dropped slightly from 37.9 to 36.7 percent...
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The NumbersUSA ad shows an African American man complaining about the lack of jobs because of immigrants (Source: NumbersUSA YouTube)

New TV ad pits black Americans against immigrants

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The anti-immigration group NumbersUSA was anything but subtle when it launched an ad last night which some say pits black Americans against immigrant workers...
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 27: A job seeker fills out a registration form as he waits to enter the San Francisco Hirevent job fair at the Hotel Whitcomb on March 27, 2012 in San Francisco, California. As the national unemployment rate stands at 8.3 percent, job seekers turned out to meet with recruiters at the San Francisco Hirevent job fair where hundreds of jobs were available. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Black unemployment stays put as US rate falls

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The black unemployment stayed stuck at exactly 14.1 percent, while African-American teen unemployment ticked up slightly from 36.6 percent to 37.9...
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