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*The new job numbers for September were released earlier this morning. We’re sure they made The Mittster and his boys want to cry. On the other hand they probably made President Obama and crew shed a tear as well. In fact several tears. Tears of Joy! However, they’re not going too overboard. At least not [...]
*Not all college degrees are created equal. This is according to a recent report by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. The major you choose could reduce your chances of being part of the latest unemployment statistic—or make you the newest member of the club. It would be in your best interest to [...]
*(Via NY Times) – For months now, New York officials have been highlighting how the city has regained all the jobs lost during the long recession and then some. But by several measures, the city’s recovery has left black New Yorkers behind. More than half of all of African-Americans and other non-Hispanic blacks in the [...]
*Something tells us they’re not gonna be jumping for joy at the White House today. That “something” would be this month’s job report. You could say it’s not as bad as it could have been, but in an election season, this is not welcome news for President Obama. You can best believe Mitt Romney and [...]
*(Via USA Today) – Weekly applications dropped 6,000 to a seasonally adjusted 357,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That’s the fewest since April 2008. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, fell to 361,750, also lowest in four years. The average has fallen nearly 13% in the past six months. When unemployment benefit applications drop [...]
*This story is for all those dedicated professionals out there that have been wronged by an employer that didn’t appreciate their service. Those of you who have been in a situation of underhanded harassment will feel this the most. It’s those subtle nuances of intimidation that happen on the job that one cannot explain or [...]
*The residents of the District of Columbia’s Ward 8 are insane. Why else would they continue to vote for Marion Barry, Jr. who over-promises and under-delivers? Since 1975 when he began his political tenure in the nation’s capital as an at-large council-member then weaving his way in and out of the mayor’s seat for more [...]
By Jasmyne A. Cannick When the first African slaves stepped off the ship they were given two things—Christianity in the form of The Holy Bible and a new language… English. Two hundred years later, the descendants of those slaves are now being punished for Mistah’s English Only law. Unemployed African-Americans have more than just “ethnic” [...]
*While Republican presidential candidate Herman was busy calling the Occupy Wall Street protesters anti-American and anti-capitalistic, President Obama, at his press conference a day later, said he understood the anger and frustration that underlies the movement – including his painful decision to bail out the very folks who put America in its depressed financial state. [...]
*Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has been making headlines lately and her most recent comments have heads turning. At the Tea Party forum in Inglewood, Calif. Saturday, she made some harsh statements regarding the joblessness rate which is at 12 percent right now in California, the second highest in the nation after Nevada. “I’m not afraid [...]
*Hiring picked up slightly in July and the U.S. unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent. The modest improvement may quiet fears of another recession after the worst losses on Wall Street in nearly three years. Employers added 117,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. That’s better than the past two months, which were [...]
*African Americans search for government jobs and have held them as a source of stability for decades. The postal workers and various employers in every branch of government have considered black employees to be a valuable member of the exclusive club of federal workers. But now that we have been hit by an overwhelming recession, black [...]
*Believe it or not, Representative Jesse Jackson Jr.’s ranting about the iPad being responsible for creating unemployment in the US, kinda makes sense. In the video below, Jackson Jr. (D-IL) is seen on the floor of the House, blaming the iPad for “eliminating thousands of jobs.” He was particularly concerned about the publishing industry. “Now [...]
*There’s relatively good news on the jobs front. The U.S. economy created 216,000 jobs in March, the government reported Friday, continuing the recent rebound in hiring that has helped strengthen the recovery. The unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point to 8.8%, the lowest since early 2009. The unemployment rate has now dropped a [...]
*Michigan is suffering in a major way and it doesn’t appear that anyone will be coming to the rescue. State officials and lobbyist organizations that are trying to cut the state’s massive deficit supported a bill to extend the unemployment benefits for residents that are out of work and would be losing their benefits next month. But now [...]
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