Unemployment

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March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "We believe that the trend in initial claims is signaling that...job creation is imminent," economists at Bank…
March 25, 2010
VIDEO - While the national unemployment rate stands at 9.7 percent, it's a staggering 15.8 percent for African-Americans...
March 24, 2010
VIDEO - The proposal is among several measures the Urban League calls for in its annual State of Black America…
March 24, 2010
OPINION - African-Americans are twice as likely as whites to be unemployed, and in some areas of the country, nearly…
March 23, 2010
VIDEO - The need for President Barack Obama to outline a specific agenda for blacks has been the center of…
March 18, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has signed into law a package of tax breaks and spending designed to give the…
March 17, 2010
VIDEO - Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won…
March 11, 2010
OPINION - A new study shows that blacks are more economically optimistic than whites, with 36 percent stating that we…
March 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure...
March 8, 2010
VIDEO - Investors prepare for reports on retail sales, consumer sentiment, and job openings this week as March gets into…
March 5, 2010
VIDEO - The figures suggest the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur...
March 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite doubts that it'll create many jobs, the House passed legislation giving companies that hire the jobless…
March 3, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Putting a lone senator's cantankerous challenge behind it, the Senate is back to work on a $100…
March 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - To the increasing discomfort of his fellow Republicans, Sen. Jim Bunning again blocked the Senate from extending…
March 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The furloughs and freeze on payments were the result of a decision last week by Republican Sen.…
March 1, 2010
OPINION - By creating bills with manageable price tags, the president can deviate from the Congressional gridlock of 2009...
February 26, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate failed late Thursday to extend programs for laid-off workers, jeopardizing unemployment benefits scheduled to expire…
February 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 70-28 vote sends the bill back to the House, which passed a far more costly measure…
February 23, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is pressing to extend unemployment benefits and health insurance subsidies for the…
February 23, 2010
OPINION - Think of what could be accomplished if Republicans accepted President Obama's hand more often than they give him…