Decline in government jobs hurts black Americans
theGRIO REPORT - Blacks have been disproportionately affected; about 20 percent of black workers are in government jobs at the state or local level.
Black unemployment dips, as US rate hits 8.1 percent
MSNBC - The U.S. economy generated fewer jobs than expected in April, but the unemployment rate dipped slightly and data from prior months was revised upward...
Black unemployment dips, as US rate hits 8.1 percent
theGRIO REPORT - Black unemployment dropped a full point to 13 percent, one of the most positive signs in a jobs report released Friday that otherwise showed limited progress for the American economy...
4/30/2012 - theGrio and CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Where are the jobs? We'll find out with the April employment report...
Recent polls: Obama strong in swing states
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama -- with the help of a slowly improving U.S. economy -- is gaining ground in many of the 14 states where the presidential contest with Republican Mitt Romney hangs in the balance...
Black people more likely to be jobless in Britain than US
A paper presented on Friday at the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds shows that in the last three recessions, unemployment among black British men was up to 19 percentage points higher than among those in America...
Staying at home not an option for black moms
theGRIO REPORT - Unlike women of other ethnicities, black women have traditionally not had the choice to become stay-at-home mothers...
Report: Economic recovery has barely reached blacks
theGRIO REPORT - The benefits of the economic recovery that started in 2009, such as higher wages, more job opportunities and increased rates of homeownership, are reaching African-Americans much less than other demographic groups...
7 jobs that don't pay as well as we think
People who work as doctors, flight attendants and news reporters are not earning the kind of enviable salaries that many think they do...
Weak jobs report illustrates challenges ahead
OPINION - The most recent employment figures should indicate that the level of urgency to address the unemployment crisis should continue to increase, not decrease...
