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September 2, 2011

Wage laws weaken black employment

COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE - Overall U.S. unemployment is 9.1 percent. For white adults, it's 8 percent, and for white teens,…
September 2, 2011

Obama to take jobs plan on the road

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama will take his jobs plan on the road next Friday…
September 2, 2011

No net jobs created in August; black unemployment rises

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to…
September 2, 2011

theGrio Editorial: CBC should show us their jobs plan

OPINION - The inconvenient truth about black joblessness is that it didn't start on January 20, 2009, with the inauguration…
August 31, 2011

Obama to address Congress next week on jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asking to…
August 30, 2011

White House press secretary: Obama helping black Americans

POLITCO - Carney framed the issue as one that impacts all job-seeking Americans and said the issue of race is…
August 25, 2011

Obama's 2009 stimulus is still boosting jobs

In its latest quarterly report, the agency said the law's combination of aid to states and localities, public works projects,…
August 24, 2011

Welfare reform 15 years later: Clinton's worst move revisited

OPINION - Fifteen years later, the nation is stuck with a reform that did indeed end welfare as we know…
August 24, 2011

Perry compares civil rights movement to tax cuts for billionaires

OPINION - To compare the noble goals of the civil rights movement to the nefarious political strategies of GOP hacks…
August 24, 2011

More than 5,500 converge on Miami CBC job fair

theGRIO REPORT- The job fair was the second half of a two-day event hosted by freshman Rep. Frederica Wilson, who…
August 23, 2011

Black lawmakers target high urban unemployment

MIAMI (AP) - The mounting frustration over jobs is beginning to have political repercussions in the black community...
August 23, 2011

MLK memorial debate proves symbols still matter

OPINION - Let us pray the memorial dubbed the 'stone of hope' will someday soon be met with the action…
August 22, 2011

Black Caucus brings jobs focus to Miami

theGRIO REPORT - Miami is the focus of two days of Congressional Black Caucus attention on a now-familiar subject: the…
August 22, 2011

Why the Black Caucus is becoming relevant again

OPINION - If President Obama cannot afford open displays of anger, let Maxine Waters do the job. If the Tea…
August 21, 2011

Maxine Waters: Tea Party can go 'straight to hell'

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday...
August 18, 2011

Thousands line up for Black Caucus job fair in Atlanta

theGRIO REPORT - On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus takes its "For the People" Jobs Initiative to Atlanta, Georgia hosting…
August 18, 2011

Making our voices heard in the jobs debate

OPINION - Too often, the discussion about the economy is led by people in Washington -- legislators, political figureheads, economists...
August 18, 2011

Obama 'ain't perfect, but he's ours'

OPINION - How can we hold this president accountable on issues specific to African-Americans and others who are disproportionately impacted…
August 17, 2011

Obama: Another year or more for housing turnaround

ATKINSON, Ill. (AP) - He said, without getting specific, that the administration was mulling ways to encourage banks to resume…
August 17, 2011

Rep. 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…