Urban League at 100: Focus remains on jobs, education
VIDEO - President and CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, explains how the centennial conference will tackle unemployment among blacks...
Checks are coming: Obama signs jobless benefits bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal checks could begin flowing again as early as next week to millions of jobless people who lost up to seven weeks of unemployment benefits...
House approves additional jobless benefits
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 272-152 House vote Thursday will send the measure to President Barack Obama, who has promised to quickly sign it..
Additional jobless benefits hinge on House vote
WASHINGTON (AP) - At issue are jobless payments averaging $309 a week for almost 5 million people whose 26 weeks of state benefits have run out...
Obama to GOP: Restore unemployment benefits now
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama took aim at Republican lawmakers Monday, accusing them of holding the public hostage to Washington politics...
80 Oakland cops become casualty of crippled economy
OPINION - As police departments downsize in order to meet budgetary needs, perhaps it's time for police departments to reconsider how they do business...
Obama: Voters to decide who caused 'this mess'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama acknowledges that the fall elections could amount to a referendum on his stewardship of the nation's affairs...
Can financial reform close racial wealth gap?
OPINION - Financial reform is important, but without addressing the racial and social biases we are only touching the tip of the iceberg...
7 ways to help a teen start a summer business
OPINION - Instead of helping a teen find a job how about helping them to create one?
Putting America back to work is NAACP's first priority
OPINION - Our nation's children -- from the Gulf Coast to the Iron City -- deserve for all of us to fight for a better tomorrow like their very lives depend on it...
