State of the Union takeaways for black America
SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
Obama travels to NC to rally support for jobs plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is kicking off three days of travel to rally support for the job-creation and economic proposals he unveiled in his State of the Union address...
Full Text: Obama's State of the Union address
VIDEO - President Barack Obama‘s 2013 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery on Feb. 12, 2013...
Black unemployment dips as national rate rises to 7.9 percent
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...
Small group of protesters urges jobs not war at inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) - A few dozen protesters were gathered along the Inauguration Day parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue invoking the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King's legacy and urging jobs, not war...
theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Besides analyzing the details of the fiscal cliff deal, investors closely watched the jobs report last week. In December the unemployment rate...
Black unemployment rises; US rate at 7.8 percent
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...
US unemployment falls to 7.7 percent, 4-year low
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...
Do low prices require low wages?
OPINION - It’s the biggest shopping season on the calendar and retail companies are expecting hundreds of billions of dollars in sales....
Obama still ahead, jobs report unlikely to have major impact
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama remains on the path to win reelection next Tuesday, as polls continue to show him with narrow leads in enough swing states to carry him over the top and a new report on the economy shows a mixed picture...
