FEBRUARY 2016 Unemployment Data–the Full Count* (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.9%* White 4.3% African American 8.8% Hispanic 5.4% Asian** 3.8% Persons with a disability** 12.5% Men 20 years and over 4.5% Women 20 years and over 4.5% Teens (16-19 years) 15.6% Black teens 23.3% Officially unemployed 7.8 million *If… Read More Unemployment Data – February 2016
UNCOMMON SENSE 4 © 1994 revised November 2026 By Helen Lachs Ginsburg, Economics, Emerita, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Bill Ayres, Co-Founder of WhyHunger, and June Zaccone, Economics, Emerita, Hofstra University Editor’s Note: The concept of this piece, written soon after our founding, was created by the late Professor Helen Lachs… Read More Employment Statistics: Let’s Tell the Whole Story
New York Times, December 1, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/us/01race.html …. …there is ample evidence that racial inequities remain when it comes to employment. …. College-educated black men, especially, have struggled relative to their white counterparts in this downturn, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25… Read More In Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close Racial Gap, Michael Luo, NY Times
