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September 2015
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
The Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Toward Racial Justice
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
Groups Most at Risk From Unemployment
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