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May 16, 2011
VIDEO - In March, housing starts rebounded by 7.2 percent after a sharp decline the previous month...
May 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Cleaver told TheGrio, "no president is always right. We have taken every president to task since…
May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. companies in March advertised the most jobs since the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, a…
May 9, 2011
OPINION - Low-income youth and minority youth of all income levels are far less likely to obtain employment than whites...
May 9, 2011
VIDEO - In April, sentiment rose to a 69.8 reading - despite consumers complaining of higher gas prices. Sentiment is…
May 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Private employers shrugged off high gas prices and created 268,000 jobs -- the most since February 2006...
May 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Since children, especially younger children, do not posses the vocabulary or emotional maturity to express their own…
May 2, 2011
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - Reducing Atlantic City's homeless population is a key element of a new effort to help…
May 2, 2011
VIDEO - Mayor Bloomberg wants to help Detroit get back on its feet. Bloomberg appeared on 'Meet the Press' Sunday…
May 2, 2011
VIDEO - Where are the jobs? We'll find out with the April jobs report...
April 30, 2011
OPINION - By standing with these Americans, we can help make their road to recovery smoother, and get them through…
April 25, 2011
VIDEO - In March, confidence declined to a 63.4 reading -- snapping two months of gains -- as higher gas…
April 22, 2011
OPINION - The health and wealth of our communities are under attack. Not because these companies want us to suffer…
April 22, 2011
OPINION - What's clear is that Obama's numbers are being weighed down by economic insecurity, rising prices, particularly at the…
April 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP released their report today, which explored how minorities have been affected by the gulf oil…
April 19, 2011
MSNBC - For one small black town near Lake Michigan, things are about to change drastically thanks to a controversial…
April 18, 2011
VIDEO - In February sales of previously owned homes fell 9.6 percent to their lowest level in nearly 9 years…
April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the compromise negotiations, Democrats won the deletion of all of the EPA-related provisions as well as…
April 13, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. businesses in February posted the largest number of job openings in more than two years, evidence…
April 11, 2011
VIDEO - We'll get a read on the consumer with the March retail sales report which tracks food, clothing and…