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Job Prospects Mixed for Black Workers Last Month

Even though Black women lost ground in the labor market last month, the unemployment rate for Black workers dipped below 8 percent for the...

Right to Work Zones and Unions in the Black Community

    Right to Work Zones and Unions in the Black Community By Maze Jackson Chicago Defender Contributing Writer Governor Bruce Rauner has proposed introducing…

U.S. Unemployment Drops; Black Joblessness Also Edged Down

The U.S. economy added 214,000 new jobs, while the jobless rate dipped to 5.9 percent nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The Bureau...

Blacks with college degrees twice as likely to be unemployed as whites and Asians

Notice how right-wing conservatives and mainstream Republicans have ceased and desisted with the use of the "post-racial society" nonsense they were eagerly trumpeting when President...

Black Unemployment Rate Lowest Since 2009

(NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks fell from 13.7 percent in June to 12.6 percent in July, the lowest jobless rate for...

African American Jobless Rate Declines, Still Almost Double the National Average

The number of African Americans in the unemployment line has declined with March’s unemployment rate dropping to 13.3 percent. According to figures released...

Including Us in Economic Inclusion

Thomas Boston, noted economist and author of Affirmative Action and Black Entrepreneurship, in which he called for a strategy that would establish and grow...

Unemployment Rate Over 50 Percent For Black Male High School Dropouts – Report

A new study shows a disheartening reality for African-Americans without a high school diploma. According to an online analysis of unemployment data by...

Black Unemployment Has Not Improved

When unemployment numbers were released on Friday, commentators reacted joyfully.  Alan Krueger, who heads the White House Council of Economic Advisors, described the...

Unemployment Claims Down as Sandy Effect Subsides

(CNNMoney) -- First-time claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, after spiking three weeks earlier due to Superstorm Sandy. The Labor Department reported...

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