Unemployment

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August 17, 2011
ATKINSON, Ill. (AP) - He said, without getting specific, that the administration was mulling ways to encourage banks to resume…
August 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - On a related front, Obama will also present a specific plan to cut the suffocating long-term national…
August 17, 2011
OPINION - Sparks flew during the Congressional Black Caucus "For the People Jobs Tour" town hall in Detroit, MI, when…
August 17, 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) - "My biggest fear is not providing my daughter with everything that she needs to be a…
August 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - On Tuesday, the Congressional Black Caucus takes it's "For the People" Jobs Initiative to Detroit, Michigan...
August 16, 2011
OPINION - What we need is inclusive, creative political action and an increased investment in new strategies to develop skills,…
August 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The potential cuts to 20 percent of the Postal Service workforce, and the slashing of its benefit…
August 10, 2011
OPINION - The CBC is in the unique position to provide this kind of direction, and I believe they have…
August 10, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Darcus Howe, a 68-year-old writer and broadcaster, has lived in London for nearly 50 years...
August 10, 2011
OPINION - When it comes to riots, London could learn a thing or two from Miami...
August 9, 2011
NEWS ONE - Many have complained about a seeming disconnect between political debate and the plight of everyday American's hit…
August 9, 2011
OPINION - It's a good thing Jay-Z and Kanye West can still afford Maybach's though, right?...
August 7, 2011
OPINION - This does not bode well for the prospects of much of the jobless; people like me who have…
August 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve new initiatives to help some of America's 1 million…
August 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hiring picked up slightly in the U.S. in July and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent,…
August 5, 2011
OPINION - Employment advocates maintain that unemployment discrimination could be illegal if there is a disparate impact on groups such…
August 4, 2011
SLIDESHOW - On his 50th birthday, President Obama seems to have a lot to be grateful for...
August 3, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department said Wednesday that unemployment rates rose in 345 large metro areas...
July 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The wealth gaps between whites and minorities have grown to their widest levels in a quarter-century...