Sequester

theGRIO REPORT – The unemployment rate for black teens — youth ages 16 to 19 — fell nearly 10 points from 43.1 percent in February to 33.8 percent in March. This was the lowest black teen unemployment rate since March 2009 when the rate was 33.5 percent…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts…

ANALYSIS – The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as the sequester, centers around one fundamental question: how much has President Obama’s victory in November changed the nation’s political dynamics on fiscal issues?…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Facing an end of the week deadline, President Barack Obama said Monday that Congress can avert sweeping across-the-board cuts…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday was to urge congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming, across-the-board budget cuts due to take effect in less than two weeks…

OPINION – Coming out of this election, we should think about who we are as a nation and how to hold all of our elected officials accountable to children and families of all races…