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New York — African-Americans are in a state of emergency in the country with unemployment at a high of 15 percent and continuing to rise. Last week, Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network held a job fair where numerous employers showed up to present their open positions to hundreds of unemployed African-Americans. Many of them […]

National

New York — African-Americans are in a state of emergency in the country with unemployment at a high of 15 percent and continuing to rise. Last week, Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network held a job fair where numerous employers showed up to present their open positions to hundreds of unemployed African-Americans. Many of them […]

National

NEW YORK — The number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits jumped sharply last week, two weeks after hitting a 2-1/2 year low below 400,000. There were 445,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Jan. 8, the Labor Department said in a weekly report Thursday. That’s up 35,000 from […]

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New York — Peter S. Goodman at The Huffington Post has written an article on the effects of the recession on Black America in comparison to its affect on white America. Among white people, the unemployment rate dropped in December to 8.5 percent — hardly acceptable, but manageable were the government spending more to expand […]

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The tax bill that extends the Bush tax cuts and slashes the estate tax while extending unemployment benefits has passed the House House by a vote of 277-148 and is heading for the President to sign, according to The Huffington Post RELATED STORIES Attacks From Right Take Toll On Obama’s Tax Plan CBC ‘Overwhelmingly Opposed’ […]

Cincy

New reports this Friday morning straight from our state’s capitol indicate that Ohio’s official unemployment rate seems to be making quite a shift. Statistics show that the state’s unemployment rate has fallen below the 10 percent marker, with a new jobless rate of 9.9 percent as of October. The decline is said to be associated […]

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I once worked for an Iranian woman as her personal assistant. She was strict, stubborn, and tough. In other words, she was quite evil. But she was about her business. So, for that, I respected her. Well, at least I did until she made a comment about my speech. One day while in the office […]

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Find out what's happening to drive rates of new claims for unemployment aid higher week after week.

Cincy

This spring brings new jobs for the nation's unemployed. Read the reports, find out more and tell us what you want to do for a living inside.

Cincy

  via:cnn.com Extended unemployment benefits will temporarily expire for thousands of Americans on Monday because the Senate went on its spring recess without approving a one-month deadline extension. The extension, which had bipartisan support, would have cost about $10 billion, but a lone Republican, Sen. Tom Coburn, said no until the costs are offset. The […]

Cincy

These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother's one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the streets and out of trouble, held captive by the economy

Cincy

Coping with unemployment—whether expected or unexpected—is never easy. The uncertainty and anxiety associated with job loss ranks as one the most draining experiences a person can deal with.