Your unfiltered news center. ®
The world you see depends upon the news you get. ®
Powered By: BlackRadioNetwork.com | MinorityNewsService.net | MinorityNews.net
Today's Date: May 13, 2024
Lifezone Metals Provides an Update on Operations and Unaudited Q1 2024 Financial Summary
• Maryland Formally Welcomes Data Centers to the State, Clarifying the Use of Emergency Backup Power Generation
• Canadian Canoe Museum Reveals New Location at Water's Edge
• Fisker Adds Three New U.S. Dealer Partners, in California and New Jersey; Waives $2,438 D&H Fee in U.S. on MY2023 Extremes a • Supporting Mothers with $10-a-day child care
• Henry Schein Extends Partnership with Special Olympics Through 2025, Promoting Wellness and Health Education for Athletes with I • Celebrate Mother's Day with Baleaf: Experience the Comfort of the Freeleaf Collection
• WHOOP Announces Global Partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo
• Prominent Female Sales Leader Sues Cynosure And Numerous Executives For Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, And Gender Discrimina • Lulus Teams With Levi’s® to Bring Even More Iconic Styles to Shoppers Everywhere in Lulus Loves: Levi’s® Cap • SAMARITAN'S PURSE AIRLIFTS CRITICAL AID AND DISASTER RESPONSE SPECIALISTS TO FLOOD-STRICKEN BRAZIL VIA BACK-TO-BACK FLIGHTS
• GRAMINEX®, L.L.C. Final Publication of a Peer Reviewed Clinical Trial with Graminex® Flower Pollen Extract Focusing on W • Keeping Canadians safe from wildfires
• Yara Clean Ammonia and AM Green (Earlier Greenko ZeroC) Sign Term Sheet for Sale of Renewable Ammonia From India to Yara Clean A • In Honor of Mother's Day, LILYSILK Proudly Supports Baby2Baby by Helping The Organization Provide 250,000 Diapers to Mothers and • Young and old, Jew and Gentile Gather in Texas Cities to Remember the Millions Murdered During the Holocaust (1939-1945)
• dynaCERT Appoints Bernd Krueper as President & Director, Expanding Leadership Team for Global Growth and Innovation
• Hundreds of Breast Cancer Survivors to be Celebrated at the Karmanos Cancer Institute and Detroit Tigers' 12th Annual Pink Out t • #1 GSE Student Housing Lender, Walker & Dunlop Releases Annual Housing Report
• "The Tax Master" CARLOS RAMÍREZ PRESENTS FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR USA TAX CONVENTION, THE PREMIER EVENT FOR HISPANI
Black Caucus Reacts To Latest Jobs Report
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, has released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the August jobs report showing that unemployment increased to 9.6 percent:
“Although the private sector grew by 67,000 jobs, the overall number of jobs decreased by 175,000, largely reflecting the loss of 114,000 temporary workers hired for Census 2010 and resulting in the unemployment rate rising to 9.6 percent. The continued weakness in the private sector continues to illustrate the urgent need for the government to maintain its role in creating jobs and stimulating the economy.
“Additionally, unemployment rates for African Americans and Latinos remain unacceptably high at 16.3 percent and 12 percent, respectively, highlighting the disproportionate impact the recession has on minority communities and the need for targeted efforts to address chronic unemployment.
“For much of the past two years the Congressional Black Caucus has been laser focused on creating jobs and stimulating the economy, and we have had many successes in the House of Representatives. However, those efforts have been stymied by Republican Senators who are more concerned with giving tax cuts to the wealthy and protecting tax loopholes for corporations and oil companies as they continue to ignore the pressing needs of unemployed and underemployed Americans at the margins of our economy.
“When Congress returns to Washington later this month, it is imperative that we continue to work with President Obama and his administration to develop solutions to further stimulate the economy and create jobs, particularly for the chronically unemployed.”
“Although the private sector grew by 67,000 jobs, the overall number of jobs decreased by 175,000, largely reflecting the loss of 114,000 temporary workers hired for Census 2010 and resulting in the unemployment rate rising to 9.6 percent. The continued weakness in the private sector continues to illustrate the urgent need for the government to maintain its role in creating jobs and stimulating the economy.
“Additionally, unemployment rates for African Americans and Latinos remain unacceptably high at 16.3 percent and 12 percent, respectively, highlighting the disproportionate impact the recession has on minority communities and the need for targeted efforts to address chronic unemployment.
“For much of the past two years the Congressional Black Caucus has been laser focused on creating jobs and stimulating the economy, and we have had many successes in the House of Representatives. However, those efforts have been stymied by Republican Senators who are more concerned with giving tax cuts to the wealthy and protecting tax loopholes for corporations and oil companies as they continue to ignore the pressing needs of unemployed and underemployed Americans at the margins of our economy.
“When Congress returns to Washington later this month, it is imperative that we continue to work with President Obama and his administration to develop solutions to further stimulate the economy and create jobs, particularly for the chronically unemployed.”
LIVE VIDEO EVERY SATURDAY
LIVE BROADCASTS
Sounds Make the News ®
Atlanta - WAOK-Urban
Berkley / San Francisco - KPFA-Progressive
Chicago - WVON-Urban
Los Angeles - KJLH - Urban
New York - WKDM-Mandarin Chinese
New York - WADO-Spanish
New York - WBAI - Progressive
Washington - WOL-Urban
