NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDERS — An apparel company is planning to invest $7.5 million in an expansion in western Tennessee that is expected to create more than 220...
THE AFRO — Last week Mayor Jack Young re-ignited the controversy over squeegee kids, the mostly African-American teens who work busy intersections seeking to wash car windows...
ATLANTA VOICE — One of the world’s leading investment managers has announced plans to expand its global headquarters in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp, in a news...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Communities don’t have to be located in energy-producing regions to benefit from the U.S. energy revolution. But it helps. That’s why coastal states...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — The state of Florida has a well-regarded reputation for being in the spotlight when it comes to national elections, and if it...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — The retailer is hosting a National Hiring Day event for salon stylists.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The event brought together nearly 60 employers looking to fill more than 1,200 open positions.
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES —The Jefferson County Commission voted last week to expand the existing Jefferson Metropolitan Park in McCalla that could bring thousands of additional jobs...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “It is necessary to reaffirm that employment is necessary for society, for families and for individuals. Its primary value...
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times) — For the Ingram clan, working for the Miami-Dade County transit system has led to...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The hardest work in the world is being out of work.” – Whitney M. Young, National Urban League President 1961-1971...
By Wellington Webb NNPA Guest Columnist I served as Mayor of Denver from 1991 to 2003 and was the only mayor in U.S. history to...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market remains a frustrating place for America’s 9 million unemployed — perhaps more so as...
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY (USA Today)—A strengthening labor market will not let up this year, economists say, with job growth approaching or exceeding the estimated...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses were much less likely to boost pay in the third quarter than in previous months,...
Elizabeth Weise and Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) — Top universities turn out black and Hispanic computer science and computer engineering graduates...
Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — Boosted by the lowest jobless rate in six years, President Barack Obama on Friday heralded September’s hiring...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been floating at or above the 17,000 mark in the past two months – an...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Supporting education and training for our youth is a smart investment that can help rebuild local economies and pay...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Baines Johnson declared a war on poverty. Appalled by the way too many Americans lived,...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Happy New Year! January first and second are the days when most think of the “new” year, yet with the...
[UPI] A large majority of U.S. workers do not like their jobs with a significant portion of them disruptive in at least a passive-aggressive sense, a...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The term “payday loans” often evokes images of stores with garish neon signs; but these products have moved into the...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Despite working a full-time job, many low-wage workers still live in poverty. This isn’t right.” – Rep. George Miller...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist On May 21, I had the opportunity to testify before a Congressional Progressive Caucus meeting on how federal dollars drive...
