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Black unemployment rate double what Whites experience

Courier Newsroom - November 20, 2016

Black workers lost ground last month, as the unemployment rate increased from 8.3 percent in September to 8.6 percent in October, according to...

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Black men returned to the job market in April

Courier Newsroom - May 16, 2016

The Black unemployment rate ticked down from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April and Black men showed gains in the...

Opinion

To Be Equal…Ryan budget represents height of irresponsibility

Courier Newsroom - April 21, 2014

“Affluent Americans would do quite well. But for tens of millions of others, the Ryan plan is a path to more adversity.” Robert Greenstein,...

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Editorials from around Pennsylvania

Courier Newsroom - January 2, 2014

SAFE BET: CORBETT LETS A BAD DEAL ON THE STATE LOTTERY DIE Now that the Corbett administration has scrapped the questionable deal it made for...

Opinion

Winners and losers of 2013

Courier Newsroom - December 30, 2013

Well, it’s that time of year once again for me to pick my biggest winners and losers for 2013. Unlike most of the year...

National News

U.S. winning the 'War on Poverty’

Courier Newsroom - December 25, 2013

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Nearly 50 years after President Lyndon B. Johnson declared war on poverty, a new report finds that robust social safety net...

Opinion

Guest editorial…The growing problem of income inequality

Site Editor - December 18, 2013

President Barack Obama recently brought needed attention to what has become a growing problem in America—income inequality. Obama said income inequality make it harder for...

National News

Pressure continues to build for higher minimum wage

Courier Newsroom - December 17, 2013

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Fast food workers won’t get the $15 living wage in time for Christmas, but their nationwide protests continue to draw attention...

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Black unemployment dips to 5-year low

Courier Newsroom - December 16, 2013

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell to a five-year low in November, according to the latest jobs report by the Labor Department,...

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EPI Study: Many in-home workers live in poverty

Courier Newsroom - December 15, 2013

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In-home workers, 90 percent of them women, often live in poverty, earn low wages and work grueling hours without many of...

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