Although, the share of Black workers in the population that held jobs (employment-population ratio or E-POP), ticked up from 57.6 percent in April to 57.7 percent in May and the unemployment rate decreased from 7.9 percent to 7.5 percent, the latest numbers also indicated that some Black workers exited the labor market.
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Former NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous, also former Black press executive, is now launching a political career.
The Republican Party continues to miss the mark when it comes to engaging the Black community.
The Trump Administration takes on Obama’s Education Law
No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are taking longer to pay off their student loans.
‘Praying always with all prayer and supplication’
Dr. Kevin Williams, the vice president of global medical affairs in Pfizer’s rare disease unit, plans to help educate the masses about sickle cell disease in a new column for the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).
On April 25, as citizens of the blue-collar city, located about one hour from Detroit, marked the third anniversary of the announcement that over 100,000 men, women and children had potentially been exposed to high levels of lead in the drinking water, the suffering continues.
Serious, unintended consequences
Jury in Bill Cosby trial mostly white