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April 13, 2010

Is the US economy finally on the road to recovery?

VIDEO - Cautious optimism on Wall Street, one day after the DOW Jones Industrial Average closed above the 11,000 mark…
April 12, 2010

Obama election-year jobs agenda stalls in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) - The election-year jobs agenda promised by President Barack Obama and Democrats has stalled seven months before voters…
April 8, 2010

Retailers report fourth consecutive month of gains

NEW YORK (AP) - Warmer weather and an earlier Easter enticed shoppers into stores for spring merchandise in March, helping…
April 7, 2010

Dr. King's church breaks ground on financial center

ATLANTA (AP) - On Wednesday, two of King's children helped break ground on a center for financial literacy and economic…
April 6, 2010

Politics as usual: Obama embraces black church for a boost

OPINION - President Obama has shown a tendency to only acknowledge and meet with those who are most supportive of…
April 4, 2010

Poets speak about progress in the recession

VIDEO - Progress in the Recession is an event coordinated by New York barber Denny Moe where men and women…
April 2, 2010

Obama welcomes jobs report as rare good news

VIDEO - "We are beginning to turn the corner," he told employees of a manufacturing plant that received government stimulus…
April 2, 2010

Black joblessness could cripple Obama's presidency

OPINION - The bad news for the president and his economic advisors is that the rising tide of increased employment…
April 2, 2010

Obama poised to make unemployment top priority

VIDEO - President Obama is pushing his administration's plans to create jobs, a crucial campaign issue for Democrats as they…
March 26, 2010

White House promises more help for homeowners facing foreclosure

VIDEO - Under pressure to stem the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration plans to reduce the amount some troubled U.S.…
March 26, 2010

Black joblessness is Obama’s next big challenge

OPINION - The bitter new reality is that the job crisis is no longer Bush's crisis. It's Obama's...
March 26, 2010

Three ways to fix the ‘State of Black America’

OPINION - Instead of empowerment, the National Urban League report emphasizes dependency...
March 25, 2010

Jobless claims drop more than expected

WASHINGTON (AP) - "We believe that the trend in initial claims is signaling that...job creation is imminent," economists at Bank…
March 24, 2010

Urban League report calls for ambitious jobs creation legislation

VIDEO - The proposal is among several measures the Urban League calls for in its annual State of Black America…
March 24, 2010

The state of black America? Unemployed

OPINION - African-Americans are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed, and in some areas of the country, nearly…
March 18, 2010

Obama signs jobs bill: ‘By no means enough’

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the…
March 17, 2010

Obama’s new partner: Al Sharpton

President Barack Obama has turned to Mr. Sharpton in recent weeks to answer increasingly public criticism in the black community…
March 11, 2010

Why African-Americans are more optimistic despite fewer jobs

OPINION - A new study shows that blacks are more economically optimistic than whites, with 36 percent stating that we…
March 5, 2010

Unemployment rate remains unchanged as 36,000 jobs lost

VIDEO - The figures suggest the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur...