Unemployment

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June 6, 2012
The Huffington Post reports Georgia has begun to require drug testing for people who receive unemployment benefits and other public…
June 4, 2012
VIDEO - Investors had quite a few economic reports to sift through last week, but everything was overshadowed by the…
June 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five months before the elections, the uneven economic recovery is sputtering and job growth is anemic. Stock…
June 1, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgians who fail a drug test while trying to get a job could lose their unemployment benefits…
June 1, 2012
(AP) - U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked…
June 1, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The weak May unemployment report presents President Barack Obama with a sobering reminder...
May 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Since December, black women have knocked more than 3 percentage points off of their unemployment rate, going…
May 4, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is seeking an election-year advantage on the economy by setting 4 percent…
May 4, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Blacks have been disproportionately affected; about 20 percent of black workers are in government jobs at the…
May 4, 2012
MSNBC - The U.S. economy generated fewer jobs than expected in April, but the unemployment rate dipped slightly and data…
April 16, 2012
A paper presented on Friday at the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Leeds shows that in the last three…
April 10, 2012
People who work as doctors, flight attendants and news reporters are not earning the kind of enviable salaries that many…
April 6, 2012
OPINION - The most recent employment figures should indicate that the level of urgency to address the unemployment crisis should…
April 5, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell to a four-year low last week, suggesting employers kept…
March 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Quickly welcoming veterans back into the workforce may not just help them financially, but their well-being as…
March 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Veterans can find it difficult to get hired because some employers worry their skills do not translate…
March 9, 2012
OPINION - The most recent jobs report clearly highlights that to address black unemployment requires addressing the issues contributing to…
March 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - The continued job growth and steady unemployment rate are good news for President Obama...
March 9, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in February to complete three of the best months of hiring since…
February 28, 2012
(AP) - The Dow Jones industrial average on Tuesday finally reclaimed the ground it held before the carnage of the…