unemployment rate

The U.S. added 304-thousand jobs in January in a blockbuster report and the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to four-percent. The employment gains are far greater than the 172-thousand new jobs most economists expected due in large part to the government shutdown.  The Labor Department also reported the average wage paid to American workers edged […]

The Black unemployment rate last month was nearly twice the national average and more than double the unemployment rate for Whites, according to jobs figures…

Many in law enforcement use social media to nab criminals, so you’d think that they’d know to be careful when posting on websites like Facebook, because everyone is…

AFL-CIO Chief Economist William Spriggs, Francesca Chambers, Jeff Johnson and Avis Jones-DeWeever joined Roland Martin Friday on “NewsOne Now” to breakdown the latest unemployment numbers. In September,…

The latest jobs numbers are out and despite the overall unemployment rate falling to 6.1%, unemployment for African Americans remains in double digit figures. Roland Martin and…

As absurd as it may seem, there is much complexity in being both Black and a critic of President Obama. As our nation’s first African American president, Obama carries a historical eminence in the Black community. For most, he appears to be an untouched, can-do-no-wrong figure that represents the progression of a race. Many Blacks […]

While President Obama recently said in a speech that he doesn’t fear a double-dip recession, the same doesn’t hold true for the American public. In a new CNN poll, 48 percent of Americans not only fear a double-dip recession, but the second Great Depression. It is the highest percentage of respondents that have stated that […]