Jobs Report Still Bleak for Black Workers Under 30
by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2013, 12:59PM
The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.
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August Jobs Report Shows Stubbornly High Black and Brown Unemployment
by Imara Jones on September 7 2012, 12:14PM
The jobs report only adds to the curiosity of President Obama’s silence on Black and Latino unemployment.
Topics: /NOW Blog
Honestly, the Jobs Outlook Is Bleak Because the GOP Wants It That Way
by Imara Jones on July 9 2012, 9:38AM
Yes, the president must do much more, but his jobs proposals if fully implemented would have put millions back to work by now—including in hard-hit black communities. The problem is petty politics, not economic policy.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis, Politics
Obama Was Right. It’s the (Public Sector) Economy, Stupid
by Imara Jones on June 11 2012, 10:00AM
This weekend, President Obama took a beating for declaring the private sector “fine.” But he was correct. The real jobs crisis is in the public sector, and Obama’s the only one with a plan to fix it. Turns out, that’s also the only real plan to deal with black joblessness.
Topics: 2012 Election, Economy, Jobs Crisis
The U.S. Jobs Crisis Summed Up: If You Fail To Plan, You Plan to Fail
by Imara Jones on June 1 2012, 10:01AM
Today’s jobs report tells most Americans already what they already know: We’re still mired in joblessness. But Imara Jones argues we should really fear the larger problem: There remains no plan for getting unstuck.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis
Asian Americans Suffer Most from Long-Term Unemployment
by Jorge Rivas on May 25 2012, 5:22PM
For the past two years, Asian Americans have had the highest share of unemployed workers who were unemployed long term.
April’s Unemployment Numbers: Youth Pushed Into Low-Wage Service Jobs
by Jorge Rivas on May 4 2012, 11:32AM
Teens faced the highest unemployment rate in April.
Reality Returns: Huge Black Job Gains Disappear in February Report
by Kai Wright on March 9 2012, 10:47AM
The sudden, sharp drop in black unemployment that set economists buzzing in January appears to have in fact been so much statistical noise. The February 2012 job numbers are out and black unemployment went right back up, to 14.1 percent…
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis, /NOW Blog
Dollar Shave Club Video Goes Viral with an Awkward Former Unemployed Latina Moment
by Jorge Rivas on March 7 2012, 2:41PM
This Dollar Shave Club commercial (that takes confidence cues from the Old Spice man) had me until they introduced Alejandra.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Deal Reached to Allow Drug Testing for Jobless Benefits
by Seth Freed Wessler on February 16 2012, 5:33PM
There goes your social safety net.
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House GOP’s Jobless Image: Drugged Out, Lazy and in Need of a GED
by Seth Freed Wessler on February 14 2012, 9:07AM
That’s the picture Republicans want in voters’ minds, too, as Congress prepares for yet another brutal round of jousting over unemployment benefits.
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis
What Drove a Sudden, Steep Drop in Black Unemployment? Nobody Knows
by Shani O. Hilton on February 9 2012, 9:40AM
Black unemployment dropped a whopping 3 percent in January, fueled by hiring of black men. Economists who’ve tracked black joblessness are waiting for the other shoe to drop—was it a statistical quirk, or is there a jobs renaissance afoot in black America?
Topics: Economy, Jobs Crisis
There was Virtually No Change in Black Unemployment Rate in 2011
by Jorge Rivas on January 18 2012, 10:32AM
The black worker unemployment remained in the 15 to 16 percent range, while unemployment for the rest of the workforce dropped below 9 percent.
Unemployment Rate Improved for Everyone in 2011, Except for Blacks
by Jorge Rivas on January 9 2012, 8:03AM
Black men captured about 237,000 job gains in 2011, whereas black women actually ended the year with fewer jobs than they had a year ago.
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