NewsOne blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wrote a story revealing that 38.3 percent of African Americans say they’ve lost their job at some point in the last three years. The survey, conducted by YourBlackWorld.com, showed that although 16 percent of those surveyed were able to find another job, 88 percent say they were unable to […]
The jobless rate is a topic that is not only weighing on the minds of many African-Americans, but with Black scholars and politicians across the country too. But despite the fact that the jobless rate is something affecting all, many Blacks have to deal with discriminatory hiring practices as well. With this as an issue, […]
A study from the Economic Policy Institute shows that the African-American unemployment rate in Michigan in 2010 was 47 percent higher than the 15.9 percent national average of unemployment for African-Americans. Mlive.com reports: African Americans in Michigan have experienced unemployment rates of 20 percent or higher in virtually every quarter since early 2009, including a […]
For decades, many African Americans grew accustomed to a middle class lifestyle in their homes across the country. Lives that were built through hard work; climbing up the corporate ladder from entry level positions to the corner offices. But with foreclosures and the continuing recession, many African-Americans find themselves in dire straits. Close to 15.5 […]
In an ideal America, our president would have told us Tuesday night about his plan not only for fixing the jobs crisis but also for making it so that the crisis wasn’t twice as bad for black people (15.8 percent unemployment versus 8.5 percent for whites). But this isn’t an ideal America, and he didn’t. […]
From TheGrio New York –The struggling economy has left many Americans saddled with bad credit reports, the same reports could also leave them unemployed. Loudy Appolon, a Florida woman is suing the University of Miami for firing her before she could begin her job because of a bad credit report that includes a default on […]
President Barack Obama disregarded a record snowstorm in D.C. Wednesday and hosted a one-hour conference at the White House with three prominent civil rights leaders who were invited to the Oval Office for the first time since Obama took office.
