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August 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve new initiatives to help some of America's 1 million…
August 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring picked up slightly in the U.S. in July and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent,…
August 5, 2011
OPINION - Employment advocates maintain that unemployment discrimination could be illegal if there is a disparate impact on groups such…
August 3, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department said Wednesday that unemployment rates rose in 345 large metro areas...
July 26, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A Pew Research Center report found that the median wealth of white households is 20 times greater…
July 22, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jobs, education, health, housing -- the issues driving the NAACP these days look much like the…
July 21, 2011
WASHINGTON - In February 2010 Obama met with Al Sharpton, Morial, and Jealous to similarly discuss African-American joblessness, which at…
July 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When government measures are still not enough to break-even on the monthly budget, many citizens have gotten…
July 11, 2011
BALTIMORE (AP) - For the black community, where unemployment continues to rise, job loss has knocked them out of the…
July 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Our economy as a whole just isn't producing nearly enough jobs for everybody who is looking," Obama…
July 8, 2011
The Congressional Black Caucus publicly accused the Obama administration of failing to adequately address a veritable epidemic of African American…
July 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - For African-Americans the unemployment rate remained stubbornly steady at 16.2 percent...
July 8, 2011
OPINION - For African-Americans -- the most loyal of Obama's base, and voters he will surely need to secure his…
July 7, 2011
OPINION - In many ways, tattoos for many people are evolving from expression to a quasi-form of cultural or even…
July 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in seven…
June 30, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits was mostly unchanged last week, evidence that the weak economy…
June 29, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department says the unemployment rate increased in 210 metro areas in May, a sharp reversal…
June 28, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The North Manhattan Perinatal Partnership has led an effort that reduced the black infant mortality rate from…
June 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Across the country, hundreds of churches are hosting and organizing their own employment ministries...
June 8, 2011
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama says the growth of the U.S. economy will depend in part on training…