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April 8, 2014

Wage gap exists among women too: Females of color far behind their white peers

OPINION - According to the National Women’s Law Center, black women only make 64 cents on the dollar to the…
April 4, 2014

US employers add 192K jobs; rate stays at 6.7 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in March in the latest sign that the economy…
April 2, 2014

Urban League: Blacks doing worse in the job market

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from the National Urban League says underemployment is a bigger obstacle for blacks than…
March 24, 2014

America's most under-reported story: Homelessness

theGRIO REPORT - MSNBC's Ronin Farrow Daily asked viewers what stories in their minds were under reported. The resounding feedback…
March 7, 2014

US employers add 175K jobs in February despite harsh weather

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring improved in February from the previous two months despite a blast of wintry weather, likely…
February 7, 2014

Unemployment falls to 6.6 percent, 113,000 jobs added in January

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring was surprisingly weak in January for the second straight month, likely renewing concern that the U.S.…
January 15, 2014

President Obama calls on Congress to renew jobless benefits

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama is keeping the heat on lawmakers to renew jobless benefits for the long-term…
January 11, 2014

On jobs, President Obama promises a 'year of action'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling 2014 "a year of action" for creating jobs and economic opportunities for…
January 10, 2014

US economy adds 74,000 jobs, rate falls to 6.7 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years. The disappointing gain…
January 8, 2014

LBJ’s 'War on Poverty' turns 50: Is America losing the war?

OPINION - January 8 marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson’s iconic War on Poverty. Sadly, half a century…
January 6, 2014

Unemployment bill first up in Senate for 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate plunged into an election-year session Monday that promises to be long on political maneuvering and…
December 6, 2013

Unemployment falls to 5-year-low of 7 percent; 203,000 jobs created in November

WASHINGTON (AP) — A fourth straight month of solid hiring cut the U.S. unemployment rate to a five-year low of…
November 8, 2013

204,000 US jobs created in October, unemployment hits 7.3 percent

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 204,000 jobs in October, an unexpected burst of hiring during a month in which…
November 6, 2013

Brazil president wants to reserve 20 percent of government jobs for blacks

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's president says she'll ask congress to pass legislation to reserve 20 percent of the nation's…
October 31, 2013

Michigan: Lose job over failed drug test, no unemployment benefits for you

OPINION - This unfair stigmatization of the poor is becoming more commonplace as Republicans on all levels cut back on…
October 22, 2013

Unemployment falls to 7.2 percent, nearly a 5-year low

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy added just 148,000 jobs in September, suggesting that employers held back on hiring before…
October 21, 2013

Study: 15 percent of US youth out of school, work

WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 6 million young people are neither in school nor working, according to a study released Monday...
October 7, 2013

theGrio and CNBC Market Update: 10/07/13

VIDEO - Last week investors closely monitored the gridlock in Washington which led to a government shut down...
October 1, 2013

Black federal workers bear brunt of government shutdown

theGRIO REPORT - The shutdown will impact in different ways some of the nation's more than 2 million civilian workers,…
September 26, 2013

Are fewer African-Americans living paycheck to paycheck?

theGRIO REPORT - Overall, Americans are starting to recover from the Great Recession and it is possible many people do…