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TheGrio chatted with U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Biden senior advisor Gene Sperling about the latest Black unemployment report.
While Black unemployment rate has dropped alongside the national rate, joblessness for the community remains disproportionately high.
When it comes to high inflation rates, experts point to the 1980s as an indication that the worst has yet…
Labor Secretary Walsh tells theGrio the Biden administration will be "aggressive" at remedying the economic challenges for Black Americans.
Black unemployment is historically higher than white America despite Biden's pledge to bring justice and equity to the marketplace.
As President Biden's policy proposals could provide a pathway for Black Americans to gain back financial ground lost during the…
In New York alone, Black and Brown communities lose more than $1B in earnings per year due to mass incarceration,…
Even after freedom, black people, especially Black women, are still paying the cost of spending time behind bars and finding…
On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence used Frederick Douglass' 200th birthday to claim that Black unemployment is at a record…
Rising wages, more jobs, and overall lower unemployment claims were all reported in the January 2018 jobs report. So, why…
On Sunday, Van Jones told President Donald Trump that he should be more like JAY-Z. Apparently, Trump saw the Jay-Z
On Twitter, Trump took credit for the historic low unemployment rate for African Americans. The president also took the opportunity…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the rate for African-American workers over age 16 in 1972, and since that time,…
The U.S. economy is improving, and African-Americans have made inroads since the Great Recession, but there is more work to be
On the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans does not have a reason to celebrate, as the black community…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended a healthy streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a burst of hiring, U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September and helped drive down the…
Despite this country’s slow climb towards economic recovery, a National Women’s Law Center analysis shows that the unemployment rates have improved