Nation

The NAACP called on U.S. employers Friday to increase minority hiring after new national unemployment figures reflected a decline for Whites, but showed little-to-no change for Black workers. RELATED: Expert: Black Unemployment Compounded By White Favoritism During Hiring The unemployment rate for Whites declined to 4.8 percent in October, compared to 5.1 percent in September, while […]

Last week, the United States Department of Labor released new jobs numbers for September. While Black unemployment decreased slightly, there has been growth in job placement for Black men overall. RELATED: Unemployment Rate Falls To 6-Year Low At 5.9 Percent There is still a staggering lack of jobs for Blacks, and the unemployment rate for Black […]

Biz/Media

Unemployment rates are falling for almost everyone in America, but remain exceptionally high for Black women. According to Labor Department statistics gathered by IBTimes.com, nearly 10.6 percent of adult African-American women above 20 are unemployed. This shameful statistic has remained unchanged since last year. Between June 2009 and June 2011, Black women lost 258,000 jobs while Black men gained 127,000 jobs. The National Women’s […]

NewsOne Now

United States Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez joined Roland Martin Wednesday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss the latest job numbers and black unemployment. According to the Department of Labor Statistics, 288,000 jobs were added in June and the overall unemployment rate dropped to 6.1%. Among African Americans, unemployment dropped to 10.7%. Perez detailed where the […]

Nation

Unemployed Blacks More Resilient During Job Search than Whites The so-called recovery of the US economy has not been equally kind to everyone. Even as the unemployment rate has remained steady at 6.3% last month, the unemployment rate for African Americans, coming in at 11.5%, is currently more than twice as high as that for white Americans. Last month, […]

The National Urban League‘s 38th annual “State Of Black America” report highlights that job creation in the country is of smaller benefit to Black and Latino workers when compared to their White counterparts. The sobering numbers also show the impact of underemployment among African-Americans, who top the list in that category as well. SEE ALSO: 192K […]

I’ve spent my entire career as a civil rights activist and anti-violence advocate. I hear from folks all over the country about how fed-up they are—how much they want change—but they don’t know where to start. It’s not enough just to be informed, we’ve got to work tirelessly to do better. With the “The Lookout,” I’ll […]

I’ve spent my entire career as a civil rights activist and anti-violence advocate. I hear from folks all over the country about how fed-up they are—how much they want change—but they don’t know where to start. It’s not enough just to be informed, we’ve got to work tirelessly to do better. With the “The Lookout,” I’ll […]

Nation

As someone who works in civil rights and politics, I’ve become the go-to guru in my family on all things political or government-related. Just before the New Year, a relative who is unemployed asked me whether the unemployment insurance would be extended.  I told him that I thought it would be unlikely before the holiday, […]

Nation

The White House has released a report discussing the most-recent unemployment numbers from the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, and the African-American unemployment rate, is one of the groups to see a decrease. SEE ALSO: Houston Hospital Mixes Up Newborns Even though long-term unemployment remains elevated, it has somewhat subsided for historically marginalized groups, with the […]

In a speech on Tuesday from the White House, President Barack Obama urged Congress to come together in a bipartisan effort to extend emergency unemployment insurance to out of work Americans. Stressing the loss of benefits and its detrimental effect on the U.S. economy, the President’s measured approach was replete with direct shots at congressional […]

Biz/Media, Nation, NewsOne Now, Politics

More than one million people lost their unemployment benefits this past Saturday, due to the expiration of the emergency program that Congress did not extend. AFL-CIO Chief Economist Bill Spriggs says that although the extension will be costly, it makes sense for Congress to extend unemployment benefits and that Congress should focus on unequal income […]