By The Admin on November 19, 2009
Cheryl Corley, NPR
- The country’s spiraling unemployment rate is taking a particular toll on men as the recession continues to roil male-dominated industries, such as manufacturing and construction.
This “he-cession,” as it’s sometimes called, has hit African-American men especially hard, increasing their unemployment rate to more than 17 percent last month.
One of those unemployed black men [...]
Posted in Money & Finance
By The Admin on November 19, 2009
Krissah Thompson, Washington Post
- Members of the Congressional Black Caucus paid tribute to the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s first run for president Wednesday morning on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In successive one-minute speeches, caucus members praised Jackson as a trailblazer whose presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 were important [...]
Posted in Congress
By The Admin on November 18, 2009
Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
- Ethnic Americans say they have a far better image of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), otherwise known as the $751 billion federal stimulus package Congress passed almost nine months ago, than do Whites.
New America Media (NAM) surveyed 1,000 individuals in August and September on whether or not ARRA has [...]
Posted in Federal Government, Media
By The Admin on November 18, 2009
LAWRENCE SELLIN, UPI
- According to the Sept. 18 report from the U.S. Army Diversity Office (yes, there is one) titled “Military Leadership Diversity Commission,” diversity is defined as “the different attributes, experiences and backgrounds of our Soldiers, Civilians and Family members that further enhance our global capabilities and contribute to an adaptive, culturally astute Army.”
Those [...]
Posted in Military
By The Admin on November 18, 2009
Jesse Washington, AP
- The National Urban League is teaming with a small-business financial specialist to offer loans to companies unable to get approved by banks.
On Deck Capital will provide loans through Urban League local affiliates, starting in Philadelphia and Los Angeles and then expanding across the country, it was announced Wednesday.
The program offers [...]
Posted in Money & Finance
