Washington, DC – Today, National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial released the following statement after the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced their 2018 blueprint “skinny” budget: “This budget is a jobs and dreams killer. Federal budgets are policy statements about the direction our leaders wish to take for […]
Filmmaker Jordan Flaherty Explores Racial and Economic Justice Issues in New Documentary Series
Part One, Baltimore: A Moment to a Movement, exposes conditions that fueled the Baltimore Uprising; the second film focuses on reconstruction of New Orleans New York, NY – The murder of Freddie Gray while in police custody ignited the Baltimore Uprising in April. A new film uncovers deep-rooted economic issues that triggered thousands of frustrated […]
African Americans Lose, White Others Gain – by Julianne Malveaux
The unemployment rate is falling for the third month in a row, and in December about 200,000 private sector jobs were created. The monthly unemployment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that unemployment has declined by six tenths of a percentage point since August. Already, some economists are saying we can expect another […]
Obama’s Burden: Addressing the Black Labor Crisis in “Post-Racial” America
By Avis Jones-DeWeever (HuffingtonPost.com) – When President Obama addresses the nation with his long-awaited jobs prescription, one thing is certain. Any strategy he puts forth now must not only seek to move the needle for the nation as a whole, it must also include specific remedies for the ever-deepening jobs crisis within black America. Though […]
Back to School and Back to Work on Creating Jobs – By Marc H. Morial
(To Be Equal #36) – Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer and the start of another school year for more than 60 million public school students. This year, the Labor Day weekend also coincided with the announcement last week that zero jobs were added in August, and African American unemployment has soared to […]
Racing Toward The Bottom
By Julianne Malveaux – While a Department of Education program embraces “a race to the top,” our nation’s current stance toward our 14 million officially unemployed people represents nothing less than a race to the bottom. We are content to report, month after month, unemployment rates in excess of 9 percent, to use questionable language […]
National Urban League Conference Makes Boston the Epicenter of War on Unemployment
By Marc Morial (To Be Equal #28) – From July 27-30, the National Urban League, in cooperation with the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, will bring our “Jobs Rebuild America” national conference to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts CEO, Darnell Williams serves as host for this clarion call for […]
Pimping Ain’t Easy, But its Happening to All of Us!
By Carl D. West – Take a survey and ask so-called job creators, the riches ten percent of this country if they wouldn’t mind paying more in taxes to help stir-up the pot and contribute to easing the burden and strain on the bottom half of the country. It’s just that simple, so why do […]
Work is a Necessity
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux – I consider myself something of a wordsmith, so I am always amazed in the work of others, especially when they are government bureaucrats. The most recent unemployment figures, which show the unemployment rate rising, and the pace of job creation slowing, are interesting and incisive. The Employment Situation says that […]