(Seattle Medium) — Black American unemployment in 2010 soared more than 16%. As we begin 2011, there should a more effective and concentrated national plan to significantly increase the overall employment of Black Americans in 2011. The December 2010 consumer spending reports document not only increased spending by all Americans during the holiday season, but […]
(Afro) — Having won the endorsement of the man dubbed America’s “First Black President,” Bill Clinton, the Obama administration on Dec. 10 peddled the tax deal made with Republicans as a boon for the African- American community. “We feel we really were winners in this deal because we got a lot of priorities through that […]
(New York Times) — The headline on a new report tells the bad news: “Only One in Four Young Black Men in New York City Have a Job.” The report, prepared by the Community Service Society of New York, has other unhappy news about this group — that the unemployment rate for African-American men in New […]
(The Grio) — November’s unemployment rate edged up to 9.8 percent, up from 9.7 percent in October. However, the unemployment rate for African-Americans is nearly double that rate, at just under 17 percent, the highest of any ethnic group in the country, based on recent reports. Why is that? While many may speculate why this number […]
by Charing Ball My uncle Keith, who has been unemployed since last November, has only one plan for this Labor Day weekend; scouring the help wanted ads and sending out resumes. Uncle Keith, who has dedicated most of his adult life to the military and had worked for over 20 years at the same software […]