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Paul Prayze

Jan 19, 2012 at 9:46 am

Unemployment Claims Drop 50,000, Evidence Economy Is Growing?

Unemployment Claims Drop 50,000, Evidence Economy Is Growing?

A department spokesman cautioned that volatility at this time of year is common. Applications had jumped two weeks ago, largely because companies laid off thousands of temporary workers hired for the holidays.

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Paul Prayze

Jan 6, 2012 at 10:23 am

Unemployment Rises For Blacks As It Falls For Everyone Else

Unemployment Rises For Blacks As It Falls For Everyone Else

WASHINGTON — A burst of hiring in December pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years, giving the economy a boost at the end of 2011.

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The Labor Department said Friday that employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5 percent, the lowest since

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Paul Prayze

Dec 15, 2011 at 10:28 am

Job Market Brightens As Unemployment Claims Dip

Job Market Brightens As Unemployment Claims Dip

WASHINGTON– The outlook for the job market is looking brighter.

Far fewer people are seeking unemployment benefits than just three months ago – a sign that layoffs are falling sharply.

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The number of people applying for benefits fell last week to 366,000, the fewest since May 2008. If the number stayed that low consistently, it would likely signal that hiring is strong

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Paul Prayze

Dec 9, 2011 at 7:02 pm

Income Gap Widens Within The Black Community

Income Gap Widens Within The Black Community

What happens within the black community when the gap widens between the poor and the affluent? That’s one question raised by new census data showing well-off African-Americans leaving cities for the suburbs and the South while the ranks of the black poor grow larger.

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Over the past decade, the share of black households ranking among the poorest poor

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Paul Prayze

Nov 30, 2011 at 9:57 am

Free Lunch Programs Surge As Families Weather Economic Downturn

Free Lunch Programs Surge As Families Weather Economic Downturn

Millions of American school children are receiving free or reduced lunches for the first time as America’s economic downturn has left many middle-class families struggling to make it.

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The number of students recieiving subsidized lunch rose 17 percent since the 2006, according to Department of Agriculture data gathered by the New York Times. Eleven states had four-year increases of

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Paul Prayze

Oct 14, 2011 at 11:40 am

Uplifting! Detroit Hosts “Offenders Only” Job Fair For Ex-Convicts

Uplifting! Detroit Hosts “Offenders Only” Job Fair For Ex-Convicts

In Detroit, where a large number of the city’s unemployed are either on probation or on parole, the city recently held an “Offenders Only” Job Fair in an effort to put its ex-convicts back to work.

Organized by Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh, the job fair featured hundreds of job openings available only to individuals with a felony on their record.

“In this tough job market, we know that it is difficult,

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Paul Prayze

Sep 15, 2011 at 11:07 am

Jobless Claims Rises To 428,000 In A Week

Jobless Claims Rises To 428,000 In A Week

As the labor market stalls, jobless claims have risen to almost half a million. This is the second week in which unemployment claims have risen.

This brings the total number of Americans receiving unemployment to more than seven million people.

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Paul Prayze

Sep 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm

Dr. Boyce: 27-Year High On Black Unemployment Is A Sign To Wake Up

Dr. Boyce: 27-Year High On Black Unemployment Is A Sign To Wake Up

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its most recent unemployment data. We knew that Black folks (especially men) would be at the bottom, we just didn’t know how bad. Well, it turns out that the numbers exceed even the most pessimistic predictions.

Black unemployment shot up like a rocket during the month of August, rising from an abysmal 15.9 percent to an even more shocking 16.7 percent. Much of

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Paul Prayze

Sep 7, 2011 at 1:58 pm

African Americans Moving To North Dakota For Jobs?

African Americans Moving To North Dakota For Jobs?

Despite a slumping economy, states like North Dakota seem to be doing fairly well. With an unemployment rate slightly over 3 percent and the highest job growth in the nation, some say North Dakota and its neighboring states (Montana, South Dakota and Minnesota), are the best options for African-Americans looking to find work.

But with unemployment as high as it is, Black folks may need to begin looking for work in places

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Paul Prayze

Aug 8, 2011 at 4:03 pm

Hard Times! Second Recession In U.S. Could Be Worse Than First

Hard Times! Second Recession In U.S. Could Be Worse Than First

Economists are warning that a recession now would be far worse than the recession that ended in 2007.

Today the economy has 5 percent fewer jobs, and the unemployment rate has almost doubled since the onset of the last recession.

The NewYorkTimes.com reports:

“It would be disastrous if we entered into a recession at this stage, given that we haven’t yet made up for the last recession,” said Conrad DeQuadros, senior economist at RDQ

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