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 Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black-White income gap narrowed in 2013 with Black men who worked full-time, year-round experiencing...
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writers PAUL WISEMAN, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — UPS will hire up to 95,000. Kohl’s plans to take on 67,000...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks (11.4 percent) and Whites (5.3 percent) remained unchanged from July to...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he...
(The Washington Post) – Employees with degrees in fields like English, general studies, and graphic design are among the most likely to report feeling “underemployed”...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates rose in 30 U.S. states last month, even as employers in two-thirds of the states stepped up...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Ronald Reagan quipped: “In the 60s we waged a war on poverty, and poverty won.” Did...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When cash-strapped states in the South and Midwest slashed unemployment benefits after the Great Recession, claiming it...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate climbed from 10.7 percent in June to 11.4 percent in July, 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...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week, a steady decline that suggests a strengthening...
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, the U.S. economy has generated 7.8 million jobs. But the gains...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Another partisan battle is brewing on Capitol Hill as Social Security in general, and disability insurance in particular,...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprisingly robust job market is energizing the 5-year-old U.S. recovery and driving the economy closer to...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, Latinos who are immigrants hold fewer jobs in the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With a largely uncooperative, highly-partisan Congress headed into a mid-term election, President Obama declared in his State...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist There are two ways to end a recession. One is to increase federal spending on the theory that people will...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “As of 2004, more black men were denied the right to vote because of a criminal record than in 1870,...
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...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Guest Columnist The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) is gearing up for a Day of Direct Action June 17...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It will strike many of you as counter-intuitive, but there has been a rising phenomenon of unemployed workers suffering...
By Wendell Anthony NNPA Guest Columnist One Hundred- and 80 years ago in his journey across America to report on “Democracy in America,” the great...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Although the dictionary calls it archaic, the “management of a household” is one of the definitions listed for the word “economy.” Another...
