Unemployment

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June 3, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department report offered startling evidence that the U.S. economy is slowing, hampered by high gas…
May 30, 2011
VIDEO - The economy grew much slower than expected during the first quarter, new home sales rose more than 7…
May 24, 2011
Black Americans saw no improvement in life expectancy, remaining at 74 years and three months...
May 23, 2011
OPINION - Throughout history black men have always been dealt a bad hand and despite that we have always risen…
May 23, 2011
VIDEO - In march, new home sales rose 11 percent, much more than expected. the median price of a new…
May 12, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week, reversing nearly all the sharp rise…
May 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. companies in March advertised the most jobs since the peak of the 2008 financial crisis, a…
May 9, 2011
OPINION - Low-income youth and minority youth of all income levels are far less likely to obtain employment than whites...
May 9, 2011
VIDEO - In April, sentiment rose to a 69.8 reading - despite consumers complaining of higher gas prices. Sentiment is…
May 6, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Private employers shrugged off high gas prices and created 268,000 jobs -- the most since February 2006...
May 6, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Since children, especially younger children, do not posses the vocabulary or emotional maturity to express their own…
May 2, 2011
VIDEO - Where are the jobs? We'll find out with the April jobs report...
April 28, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
April 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP released their report today, which explored how minorities have been affected by the gulf oil…
April 18, 2011
Jackson, himself an iPad owner, expanded on his statement by pointing to the recent bankruptcy of Borders Books.
April 18, 2011
VIDEO - In February sales of previously owned homes fell 9.6 percent to their lowest level in nearly 9 years…
April 13, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. businesses in February posted the largest number of job openings in more than two years, evidence…
April 10, 2011
OPINION - We do not need the National Urban League, the United Negro College Fund, or the Obama Administration to…
April 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Labor Department said the number of people seeking benefits dropped 10,000 to 382,000 in the week…
April 7, 2011
OPINION - Over the years, as states escalated spending on prisons, funding for education suffered...