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September 5, 2011

How we can learn from legendary black labor leaders

OPINION - When it comes to advocating for jobs that put black America to work, we've had a long history...
September 5, 2011

How Obama can seek higher ground on jobs

OPINION - Truth be told, there's very little the White House can do to reduce the unemployment rate in a…
September 2, 2011

GOP rep defends skipping Obama's jobs speech

PALATINE, Ill. (AP) - Rep. Joe Walsh said Saturday that Obama is abusing his power as president by calling a…
September 2, 2011

Wage laws weaken black employment

COLUMBIA DAILY TRIBUNE - Overall U.S. unemployment is 9.1 percent. For white adults, it's 8 percent, and for white teens,…
September 2, 2011

Obama to take jobs plan on the road

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama will take his jobs plan on the road next Friday…
September 2, 2011

No net jobs created in August; black unemployment rises

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to…
September 2, 2011

theGrio Editorial: CBC should show us their jobs plan

OPINION - The inconvenient truth about black joblessness is that it didn't start on January 20, 2009, with the inauguration…
August 31, 2011

Obama to address Congress next week on jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid asking to…
August 30, 2011

Black Caucus jobs tour, town halls make final stop in LA

theGRIO REPORT - The tour is intended to promote a CBC-sponsored jobs resolution (H. Res 348) calling for a comprehensive…
August 30, 2011

White House press secretary: Obama helping black Americans

POLITCO - Carney framed the issue as one that impacts all job-seeking Americans and said the issue of race is…
August 25, 2011

Obama's 2009 stimulus is still boosting jobs

In its latest quarterly report, the agency said the law's combination of aid to states and localities, public works projects,…
August 25, 2011

Why is Mississippi so red when it's so black?

OPINION - Oddly, the blackest, poorest and most federally-dependent state in America is also the most conservative state, according to…
August 24, 2011

Education as the next civil rights movement

OPINION - Our ancestors were beaten, maimed and killed during slavery, when it was illegal to teach a slave to…
August 24, 2011

More than 5,500 converge on Miami CBC job fair

theGRIO REPORT- The job fair was the second half of a two-day event hosted by freshman Rep. Frederica Wilson, who…
August 23, 2011

Black lawmakers target high urban unemployment

MIAMI (AP) - The mounting frustration over jobs is beginning to have political repercussions in the black community...
August 22, 2011

Black Caucus brings jobs focus to Miami

theGRIO REPORT - Miami is the focus of two days of Congressional Black Caucus attention on a now-familiar subject: the…
August 21, 2011

Maxine Waters: Tea Party can go 'straight to hell'

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had some harsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday...
August 18, 2011

Thousands line up for Black Caucus job fair in Atlanta

theGRIO REPORT - On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus takes its "For the People" Jobs Initiative to Atlanta, Georgia hosting…
August 18, 2011

Why Tavis and Cornel won't stop Obama in 2012 (even if they try to)

Never mind the slings and arrows of Tea Partiers. The most politically problematic criticism of Obama these days is coming…
August 18, 2011

Making our voices heard in the jobs debate

OPINION - Too often, the discussion about the economy is led by people in Washington -- legislators, political figureheads, economists...