Unemployment

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May 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - CNBC Market Look Ahead
May 1, 2014
VIDEO - President Obama vowed to continue his push for a higher minimum wage Wednesday after Senate Republicans blocked a…
May 1, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since February,…
April 4, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added jobs at a solid pace in March in the latest sign that the economy…
April 3, 2014
VIDEO - It's hard to see Shanesha Taylor's mugshot and not have some kind of reaction...
April 2, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from the National Urban League says underemployment is a bigger obstacle for blacks than…
March 24, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - MSNBC's Ronin Farrow Daily asked viewers what stories in their minds were under reported. The resounding feedback…
March 13, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators ended a long-running election-season standoff and struck a compromise that would extend…
March 13, 2014
NBC News - Rep. Paul Ryan said Thursday that his comments about the 'culture' of inner cities were 'inarticulate'...
March 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring improved in February from the previous two months despite a blast of wintry weather, likely…
February 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hiring was surprisingly weak in January for the second straight month, likely renewing concern that the U.S.…
February 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked legislation from advancing in the Senate to restore benefits for the long-term unemployed...
January 15, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama is keeping the heat on lawmakers to renew jobless benefits for the long-term…
January 10, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a scant 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years. The disappointing gain…
January 9, 2014
OPINION - Conservatives appear to have no empathy for the millions of Americans out of work...
January 7, 2014
ANALYSIS - The push by President Obama and Democrats to extend unemployment insurance for 1.3 million people whose benefits ran…
January 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to renew jobless benefits for America's long-term unemployed has cleared an initial Senate hurdle, but the…
January 6, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate plunged into an election-year session Monday that promises to be long on political maneuvering and…
December 27, 2013
NBC NEWS - A life line for more than one million Americans who have been without work for more than…
December 6, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A fourth straight month of solid hiring cut the U.S. unemployment rate to a five-year low of…