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September 4, 2025
Data reveals a cooling job market making it tougher for job seekers to land a job as hiring slows and…
June 12, 2025
New unemployment claims remain at 248,000 for a second week, the highest since October, as tariff tensions weigh on the…
August 16, 2023
South Africa's official unemployment rate of 33% is the highest in the world, and economists say it's even higher at…
May 7, 2023
America’s employers added a healthy 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising resilience.
Layoffs, Personal Finance, Unemployment, Laid off, theGrio.com
February 4, 2023
If you're one of the thousands who have recently been laid off, you're not powerless. Here are steps you can…
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January 8, 2023
Unemployment for Black women increased from 5.2% to 5.5% from November to December, per data from the Bureau of Labor…
August 5, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added an astonishing 528,000 jobs last month despite flashing warning signs of an economic downturn,
HelpWantedSign, theGrio.com
July 7, 2022
Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up 4,000 from the previous week and…
June 30, 2022
In Tennessee, the website for unemployment benefits remained down Thursday morning after the vendor, Geographic Solutions Inc., told the...
President Joe Biden speaks about the January jobs report
June 6, 2022
TheGrio chatted with U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and Biden senior advisor Gene Sperling about the latest Black unemployment report.
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March 11, 2022
The unemployment rate for Black women in America appears to be on the rise, according to February’s jobs report.
October 3, 2021
The Department of Economic Security in Arizona will use various COVID-19 relief funding sources to pay for a technology upgrade.
August 14, 2021
Ingraham made the proposal during an interview with Jon Taffer, the host and executive producer of FX reality series Bar…
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July 31, 2021
“We want to assure them that claimants who are no longer eligible won’t have to return the money they received,"…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
April 10, 2021
Twenty-one Democratic senators signed a letter to President Joe Biden supporting recurring stimulus payments for struggling Americans.
March 20, 2021
In 2018 and 2019, Black women were 58 percent less likely to be hired than white men according to a…
March 6, 2021
U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, though the Black unemployment rate jumped from 9.2% to 9.9%.
February 28, 2021
The fraud is fleecing taxpayers, delaying legitimate payments and turning thousands of Americans into unwitting identity theft victims.
February 7, 2021
The Biden administration argues a big economic package is needed to avoid the mistakes made in during recovery from the…
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December 27, 2020
Unemployment benefits for millions of Americans lapsed overnight as President Donald Trump refused to sign a relief and spending bill.