Employment

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May 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - CNBC Market Look Ahead
September 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gap in employment rates between America's highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels…
July 24, 2013
NBC News - Opponents of Obamacare say it will kill jobs, and they specifically say provisions forcing employers to offer…
July 19, 2013
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Elegant in tuxedos and white gloves, the six black pallbearers silently and gracefully remove the mahogany…
July 19, 2013
NBC Chicago - More than 2,100 Chicago Public Schools employees could be laid off Friday morning, bringing the total number…
July 9, 2013
VIDEO - Economic data was top of mind for investors last week as they closely watched the jobs report...
July 1, 2013
VIDEO - The economy grew by 1.8 percent during the first quarter, much less than expected. Home prices rose 1.7…
June 5, 2013
OPINION - We might first remember that affirmative action has never been very popular – mostly because it is profoundly…
May 29, 2013
OPINION - Despite the progress America has made in diversifying its workforce and its management ranks, the country is backsliding...
May 3, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months…
November 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist has his own opinion on why President Barack Obama won the elections: Mitt…
October 12, 2012
Ed Gardner, the 87-year-old founder of Soft Sheen hair care products, met with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week to…
October 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The man who takes credit for getting George W. Bush elected as president is now making efforts…
July 12, 2012
CLUTCH - In a market in which all must sell their labor for profit, discrimination against natural hairstyles decidedly limits…
June 18, 2012
VIDEO - Events in Europe remained on the top of investors' minds last week, but there were several domestic headlines…
December 12, 2011
CLUTCH - The unemployment rate for black women increased from 12.6 percent to 12.9 percent last month representing a loss…
July 7, 2011
OPINION - In many ways, tattoos for many people are evolving from expression to a quasi-form of cultural or even…
December 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Any deal would require the approval of the House and Senate, and the president's signature...
December 6, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether to keep alive the largest employment discrimination lawsuit…
October 27, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and his administration is trying to show women voters that they're invested in keeping them…