SEPTEMBER 2015 Unemployment Data — the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) Official Unemployment: 5.1%*[Analyses] White: 4.4% African American: 9.2% Hispanic: 6.4% Asian**: 3.6% Persons with a disability**: 10.4% Men 20 years and over: 4.7% Women 20 years and over: 4.6% Teens (16-19 years): 16.3% Black teens: 31.5% Officially unemployed: 7.9 million *If the… Read More September 2015
Cross-posted from Dissent Magazine: >> https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/federal-job-guarantee-racial-justice-darrick-hamilton Subscribe to Dissent Magazine Works Progress Administration poster by Harry Herzog, 1936, via Library of Congress. (Click for large version.) by Darrick Hamilton ▪ November 9, 2015 The conventional discourse about racial disparity in America is a myth. It’s a myth upheld by Democrats, Republicans, blacks, and whites alike;… Read More The Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Toward Racial Justice
In good times as well as bad, the risk of unemployment is much greater among minorities, young workers, and the disabled than among whites. In 2000, when unemployment was the lowest in 30 years, nearly 8% of African Americans were unemployed–nearly as high as the overall rate in 2009, when the problem for the general population was reaching… Read More Groups Most at Risk From Unemployment
Growth Weakens in September,” Dean Baker, CEPR, 10/15 “Disappointing Jobs Numbers and Not Enough Teachers,” Elise Gould, Economic Policy Institute, 10/15 Labor Force Statistics, BLS, 10/15 Analysis of BLS Monthly Jobs Report: Center for Economic Policy Research Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Chartbook Economic Policy Institute Witness Wednesdays, Stories of the Unemployed The missing… Read More Job Related News (October 2015)
