Jack Welch refuses to abandon jobs report conspiracy theories

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - Former GE CEO Jack Welch won't back down from his claims that Obama administration doctored September's positive jobs report to increase the president's chances of re-election...

Obama: US 'has come too far to turn back now'

Ken Thomas, Associated Press

FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much progress to turn back to the policies that he says led the nation into an economic crisis...

Jack Welch accuses Obama of manipulating jobs numbers

Joy-Ann Reid

theGRIO REPORT - Republicans caused eyes to roll this election season by perpetuating the meme that poll numbers favoring Barack Obama over Mitt Romney are 'skewed'...

Black unemployment up in June

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - Overall unemployment remained at 8.2 percent in June, but the jobless rate for African Americans increased by almost a point to 14.4 percent, the Department of Labor announced Friday in its monthly employment report.

January jobs report boosts Obama, hurts Romney

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - The drop in unemployment to 8.3 percent in January is the latest bit of positive economic news for President Obama and complicates the strategy of his likely Republican opponent, Mitt Romney...

Black unemployment falls in postive jobs report

theGrio

WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment fell significantly for the first time in three months, going from 15.8 to 13.6 percent. Black teen joblessness also went down from 42.1 to 38.5 percent...