By Karen Stokes The July 2024 jobs report indicates a cooling yet stable labor market. The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July, a significant drop from the expected figures and the 179,000 increase reported in June. “The numbers came in cooler than expected but the three-month average of jobs created per month is now 170,000. […]
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Addressing Unemployment
By Dora Drake Wisconsin State Representative As Milwaukee continues to grapple with issues on education, mental health, literacy rates and transportation, there is one that continues to demand immediate attention: Black Unemployment. As a state representative and a member of this community, we need to address this crisis head on. Tackling unemployment on the northside […]
American Rescue Plan Releases Equity Report
By Karen Stokes On May 24th, the American Rescue Plan Implementation Team and the Domestic Policy Council released their interim American Rescue Plan Equity Report. It covers 32 different American Rescue Plan programs that represent nearly $900 billion or 60 percent of American Rescue Plan funds excluding Economic Impact Payments (i.e., stimulus checks). “I think […]
Wisconsin Has Highest Black Unemployment Rate In Nation, Says Report
by Gilman Halsted, WPR A new report by economists at University of Wisconsin-Madison finds Wisconsin has the highest black unemployment rate in the nation. The report fro the Center on Wisconsin Strategy found nearly 20 percent of black people in the state’s labor force are jobless, 4.5 times the rate for white people and twice […]
Workforce Investment Board Talks Black Male Unemployment and Possible Solutions
by Mrinal Gokhale For many years, Milwaukee’s black male unemployment rate has been one of the highest in the country, along with incarceration and school achievement gaps. For the first time, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board held a conference on Jul 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., discussing root causes, workplace barriers and […]
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Blacks Need to Join the Discussion on the Economy
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist July 17, 2015 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 polling of Black America about the current “recovery” of the economy of the United States would produce a […]
Good News and Bad News in Latest Job Numbers
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist June 19, 2015 Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Columnist The unemployment rate rose just a bit in May, an indicator that Wall Street and Main Street are celebrating because that means more people are looking for work and that more people are optimistic. Some polling data says something quite […]
Black Unemployment Dips Below 10 Percent
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent May 22, 2015 Valerie Wilson, the director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) speaks jobs and the economy in the Black community during an event at the EPI. (Freddie Allen/NNPA News Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – […]