Recession widens wealth gap gulf between whites and Latinos, blacks
NBC LATINO - The recession’s effect on the unemployment rate is widely known, but its profound effect on the wealth gap between races is only now coming into focus...
Behind black America's disappearing net worth
theGRIO REPORT - We’ve endured The Great Recession and many of us feel as if we’re still in the midst of it. The Federal Reserve recently issued a report on just how negatively The Great Recession impacted Americans’ bottom line...
Detroit may send no black representatives to Congress
Detroit's population loss is beginning to effect it's national representation, for the first time in 57-years the city may not send a black representative to Congress.
Black women benefiting during weak jobs market
theGRIO REPORT - Since December, black women have knocked more than 3 percentage points off of their unemployment rate, going down from 13.9 percent to 10.8 percent. That drop is the largest for any demographic group...
227K new jobs in Feb., but black unemployment up
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began...
To tithe or not to tithe? Black churches are vulnerable
theGRIO REPORT - Tithing, or giving 10 percent of your income to support the ministries of your church, is vulnerable during the slow economic recovery...
New study: Tensions between rich and poor rising
theGRIO REPORT - A new study shows that the conflicts between the rich and poor in this country have risen to its highest level in 25 years.
Black Chicagoans used to economy's downside
theGRIO REPORT - Black folks in Obama's hometown of Chicago, Illinois have little confusion when it comes to the state of the economy...
No new jobs: Black unemployment rises
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to grow and might be at risk of another recession...
Waters to black voters: 'unleash us' on Obama
OPINION - Sparks flew during the Congressional Black Caucus "For the People Jobs Tour" town hall in Detroit, MI, when the reality of people's present condition overwhelmed decorum and order...
