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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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Grover Norquist: Obama campaign called Romney a ‘poopy head’

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist has his own opinion on why President Barack Obama won the elections: Mitt Romney was portrayed as a 'poopy head'...
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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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CEO threatens layoffs if Obama is re-elected

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The man who takes credit for getting George W. Bush elected as president is now making efforts to see that Republican candidate Mitt Romney makes it into the Oval Office, too...
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Women with natural hair: Still facing job discrimination?

Renee Martin, Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - In a market in which all must sell their labor for profit, discrimination against natural hairstyles decidedly limits the options of people of color, who at times must choose between being true to themselves or conforming to racist and other appearance standards.
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Shartia Brantley
VIDEO - Events in Europe remained on the top of investors' minds last week, but there were several domestic headlines to focus on as well...
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Unemployment is increasing for black women: Why?

Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - The unemployment rate for black women increased from 12.6 percent to 12.9 percent last month representing a loss of 250,000 jobs...
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Are tattoos more acceptable at work now?

Lynnette Khalfani-Cox
OPINION - In many ways, tattoos for many people are evolving from expression to a quasi-form of cultural or even religious expression...
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GOP, Dems nearing deal on taxes, jobless benefits

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Any deal would require the approval of the House and Senate, and the president's signature...
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DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION (2003) In perhaps its most important decision since Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the Supreme Court considered the use of race-conscious decision-making in college admissions (often referred to as “affirmative action” programs) in a pair of landmark cases involving the University of Michigan’s admissions policies for its law school and undergraduate college. This was the first time the Court directly addressed the issue since its decision 25 years prior in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which outlawed quota systems. In Grutter v. Bollinger, a 5-4 majority ruled that the University of Michigan Law School’s admissions policy was permissible because it used race as one of many factors, furthering “a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.” However, in Gratz v. Bollinger the Court ruled that the undergraduate admissions policy was unconstitutional because it used a formulaic system that provided additional points to students of color. Taken together, the decisions allowed for affirmative action programs to continue based upon the diversity rationale – so long as they provide sufficient individualized review of each applicant and race is not the predominate factor. A record number of amicus curiae or “friend-of-court” briefs were filed in support of the university’s policies by a broad coalition of civil rights, business and labor groups, as well as leaders from the military, corporations and students themselves – many of whom also participated in various demonstrations on college campuses and at courthouses as the cases wound their way through the system.

Supreme Court to look at sex bias suit vs. Wal-Mart

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether to keep alive the largest employment discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history...
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