By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
(Salon) – The continuing decline of public sector jobs at local, state, and federal levels is having an abysmal economic impact on African Americans, for...
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times) — For the Ingram clan, working for the Miami-Dade County transit system has led to...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell to single digits (9.6 percent) in April, for the first time...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 223,000 jobs in April, a solid gain that suggests that the economy may be...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a...
(Bloomberg) – The American job market shows signs of entering a new stage that will bolster households as employers fight to retain and attract workers...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With no federal unemployment insurance and rapidly disappearing state coverage, the percentage of people benefiting from...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits basically held steady last week, as the job market continues...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Quitting your job — all but unheard of during and after the Great Recession — is becoming...
By Wellington Webb NNPA Guest Columnist I served as Mayor of Denver from 1991 to 2003 and was the only mayor in U.S. history to...
By Wellington Webb NNPA Guest Columnist I served as Mayor of Denver from 1991 to 2003 and was the only mayor in U.S. history to...
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. job-creation machine kept exceeding expectations in February. Wages continued to disappoint. Employers added 295,000 workers to payrolls last month, more than...
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. job-creation machine kept exceeding expectations in February. Wages continued to disappoint. Employers added 295,000 workers to payrolls last month, more than...
(USA Today) – Private employers hired 212,000 workers in February, adding more muscle to the frame of a growing U.S. labor force. Payroll processor ADP’s...
(Bloomberg) — Sterling Risk Advisors, an Atlanta-based property and casualty insurance broker with 86 employees, has added 13 workers since June and will probably hire...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans sought unemployment aid last week, though the number of applications was still consistent with steady...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell slightly from 10.4 percent in December to 10.3 percent in...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market remains a frustrating place for America’s 9 million unemployed — perhaps more so as...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market remains a frustrating place for America’s 9 million unemployed — perhaps more so as...
(CBS News) – By most measures, we’re in the later innings of this economic cycle. Corporate profits are cooling. Commodity prices are collapsing. Fifteen central banks...
(CBS News) – By most measures, we’re in the later innings of this economic cycle. Corporate profits are cooling. Commodity prices are collapsing. Fifteen central banks...
by Starla Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – While the overall economic picture generated optimism for some last year, as...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After three consecutive months of the economy adding more than 25,000 jobs, the Black unemployment rate...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in...
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