By Daniel Strauss – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) praised President Obama’s new jobs plan and said that Obama clearly had the African-American community in mind while he was making it. “He heard us. As a matter of fact we can see our hand print all over this proposal. We’re pleased about it,” Waters said Friday […]
Unemployment down, Black unemployment up
By Julianne Malveaux – More than 200,000 jobs were created last month, 216,000 to be exact. Coming after the February lift of more than 200,000 jobs, there are those who are saying that economic recovery is around the corner. I don’t know what corner they are standing on, but the African-American corner took a hit […]
Gender Equity is Everybody’s Business
By Julianne Malveaux – March is Women’s History Month, and the White House Council on Women and Girls, led by Valerie Jarrett, commemorated it by releasing a report on the status of women. According to the report, we’ve come a long way sisters, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Despite the fact […]