163,000 jobs created in July; black unemployment falls slightly
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment dropped slightly from 14.4 to 14.1 percent. And black teen joblessness fell too, from 39.3 to 36.6...
Jobless claims lowest in 4 years
(AP) - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits plunged last week...
Romney: I will 'make things better' for blacks
theGRIO REPORT - Making the most prominent appearance in front of a largely black audience of his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney criticized President Obama’s record on education and the economy at the NAACP’s national convention...
Black unemployment rates drops in Detroit
The unemployment rate in the Motor City has decreased for African-Americans
theGrio, CNBC Market Update
VIDEO - Investors had quite a few economic reports to sift through last week, but all eyes were on the jobs report...
Can VCAP's 'Pitch Night' put us back to work?
theGRIO REPORT - TheGrio recently spoke to members of the Venture Capital Access Program or VCAP© to discuss their highly anticipated Pitch Night, which was held on June 27th in New York City...
Jobs report could blunt Obama momentum
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A weak monthly U.S. jobs report could spell trouble for President Barack Obama and shift momentum to Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee...
Obama: Economy has to grow 'even faster'
POLAND, Ohio (AP) - A sobering economic snapshot intensified the presidential campaign on Friday as President Barack Obama rolled through two vote-rich battleground states and Republican Mitt Romney fended off conservative complaints about his plan for winning...
Romney blames Obama for sluggish job growth
WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the nation's ongoing sluggish job growth is unacceptable...
Why won't unemployment go down?
theGRIO Q&A - For a closer look at the new jobs report, which showed the black unemployment rate up to 14.4 percent, theGrio reached out to Algernon Austin, director of the Race, Ethnicity and the Economy program at the liberal-leaning Washington-based Economic Policy Institute...
