August 2016 was Chicago’s deadliest month in nearly two decades, leaving the city’s streets riddled with shell casings and bloodshed from mostly African-American bodies. According to the Chicago Police Department’s crime statistics, an astonishing 474 people were victims of homicide in 2016. In August alone, there were 92 deaths, a number slightly lower than July 1993 […]
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According to a new study, the nation’s capital is leading the country in Black unemployment.
The Black unemployment rate is nearly double the national rate and twice as high as that for Whites, even as the economy added 222,000 jobs…
It’s hard to tap into your fortune when you’re unemployed, but Dr. Deena Carr is back on ”The James Fortune Show” to help you stay on track. Listen to…
Courtesy of CNN Dot Com The bill that would extend unemployment benefits to people that are currently jobless passed a major hurdle in the Senate as it garnered the mandatory 60 votes for it to be up for discussion in Congress. Many Americans recently were hit with the news of the benefits coming to an […]
African Americans continued to be battered by a high rate of unemployment on the eve of the high-stakes presidential election, as numbers rose in October…
Raise your hand if someone you know was laid off in the last month. The odds are pretty good (meaning awful). Last week, the…
WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011. SEE ALSO: Are Will And Jada Divorcing Obama Refocuses Military The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and […]
Hallmark has a card for everything from birthdays to holidays, cards with sounds and even cards for losing a tooth. But now Hallmark has launched a new line of cards for losing a job! I never thought about it but that is a sentiment that could be sent to help uplift somebody or let a […]
In light of the surging wealth disparity and unemployment rate, among other socio-economic issues plaguing the country, Rev. Al Sharpton wrote a column in the Huffington Post, urging Americans —African-Americans in particular — to take more action in challenging the government. In the column, Sharpton encourages African-Americans to address their issues at the National Action […]
A recent review of job vacancy postings on sites like Monster.com, CareerBuilder, and Craigslist revealed that hundreds of employers said that they consider, or strongly prefer, people currently employed or recently laid off. This places the 14 million unemployed American in a very dire condition. Unemployment is already scathing the country, and now it could […]
