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Rising unemployment and growing foreclosures have combined to destroy black wealth and erase two decades of slow progress for African-Americans…
OPINION - Detroit still has some beautiful neighborhoods, neighborhoods where people walk dogs, ride bikes and look out for each…
WASHINGTON (AP) - One year after the election of Obama, black optimism about America has surged, while Hispanics have become…
ALLENTOWN, Penn. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's options for spurring job growth may be limited by out-of-control budget deficits, but…
Although the unemployment rate for African-Americans dropped to 15.6 percent in November, the unemployment rate for black teens stands at…
VIDEO - The unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since…
VIDEO - President Barack Obama says a jobs forum he hosted at the White House generated many useful ideas for…
OPINION - Opportunity isn't what it was a few years ago, to be sure. But recessions pass, and people promulgate…
The saying "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade" seems easy until you're faced with exactly that prospect...
VIDEO - A multi-million dollar building project sounded a lot more practical for New Hope Baptist Church back in April…
VIDEO - It's hard to understand what it's like when money's tight, unless you've lived it. So, as many of…
VIDEO - Ssanyu Birigwa and her sister Mirembe have two words for the struggling economy: "Thank you."
OPINION - A connection with an authentic faith experience can help people survive and even defeat the most difficult circumstances.
After Oz du Soleil was laid off in July 2008, it was stories of women who couldn't afford proper undergarments…
VIDEO - Thanks to the Jazz Foundation of America, a nonprofit group that assists struggling veteran musicians, Bertha Hope has…
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest…