Black unemployment up in June

theGRIO REPORT - Overall unemployment remained at 8.2 percent in June, but the jobless rate for African Americans increased by almost a point to 14.4 percent, the Department of Labor announced Friday in its monthly employment report.

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Shartia Brantley

VIDEO - Investors had several economic reports to digest last week...including two positive reports on housing...

Obama to speak at Urban League conference

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will address the National Urban League Conference on July 25 in New Orleans...

African-Americans in NYC miss out on jobs rebound

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The New York Times reports that blacks in New York City are finding it harder to get jobs than their white peers...

Nas, Usher team up with ‘Our Time’

Caryn Freeman

theGRIO REPORT - Usher and Nas are coming out in support of a new campaign for an organization that promotes job creation and political empowerment among young people...

More than 7 in 10 US teens jobless in summer

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Once a rite of passage to adulthood, summer jobs for teens are disappearing.

Georgia testing policy not catching 'jobless druggies'

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The Huffington Post reports Georgia has begun to require drug testing for people who receive unemployment benefits and other public aid...

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Shartia Brantley

VIDEO - Investors had quite a few economic reports to sift through last week, but everything was overshadowed by the disappointing jobs report...

Sour economy confounds Dems

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock prices are down to 2011 levels and news on the European debt front is menacing...

Unemployed drug users in Ga. risk benefits

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ATLANTA (AP) - Georgians who fail a drug test while trying to get a job could lose their unemployment benefits under a new policy being quietly implemented by the state's Labor Department...

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Unemployment

Black unemployment up in June

theGrio, CNBC Market Update

Obama to speak at Urban League conference

African-Americans in NYC miss out on jobs rebound

Nas, Usher team up with ‘Our Time’

More than 7 in 10 US teens jobless in summer

Georgia testing policy not catching 'jobless druggies'

TheGrio, CNBC Market Update

Sour economy confounds Dems

Unemployed drug users in Ga. risk benefits

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