Black jobseekers filed a class-action discrimination suit against a Chicago-area staffing agency, claiming they used racial coding and other discriminatory practices.
Despite a long-standing idea that a college education protects minorities against hardships that plague their communities, a new study discovered that Black and Hispanic students…
While poverty rates have decreased for White and Asian families, Black children are more likely to live in poverty than children of other races, a…
Blacks in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans have made some educational progress, but the median income has not risen as much as that of White households, reports NOLA.…
While African-Americans have made significant social and economic strides since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Black community continues to face…
A majority of Black unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. In early 2010, 75 percent of Black unemployed were receiving benefits. Now, only 48 percent receive unemployment, a shift that highlights the nation’s issues with long tern unemployment. See also: Black Unemployment Falls But Employment Picture Remains Bleak See also: Detroit is for Lovers Congress […]
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) launched a “For the People” Jobs Initiative Monday, including nationwide job fairs and town hall meetings in response to alarmingly high unemployment rates in Black America. A job fair and town hall at Cleveland State University in Ohio will be the first part of the CBC’s iniative. TheGrio.com reports: “Recently, […]
One of the many cities overlooked when you think about Black unemployment is Milwaukee. While the national African-American unemployment rate sits over 16 percent, 34 percent of Black men in Milwaukee are unemployed. The main reason for this high rate amongst Black men is the loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector. Close to 56,000 […]
NewsOne blogger Dr. Boyce Watkins recently wrote a story revealing that 38.3 percent of African Americans say they’ve lost their job at some point in the last three years. The survey, conducted by YourBlackWorld.com, showed that although 16 percent of those surveyed were able to find another job, 88 percent say they were unable to […]
