American Money: Why Summer Jobs Matter
Whether it’s a summer job, internship and/or volunteering, encouraging youth to commit to a project...
National Urban League Report Finds Blacks Have a Lot of Work to Do
National Urban League president Marc Morial discusses the State of Black America....
Could South Africa Be on the Brink of Another Uprising?
More than 30 years after the nation’s famous anti-apartheid youth revolt, high employment could fue...
Poll: 1 in 5 Young Africans Plan to Start a Business
At least one in five young people in Africa between the ages of 15 and 24 plan on starting their ow...
Global Unemployment to Reach Record Levels
A new report from the United Nations shows that the jobless rate around the world is set to increas...
Would Black Youth Work on Farms?
Jack Davis is under fire in New York for saying that unemployed African-American young people shoul...
One in Five Black Youth Are Unemployed or Not in School
A new study from the Social Science Resource Council says 1 in 5 Black youth are unemployed or not ...
Black Leaders Applaud White House Youth Jobs Initiative
NAACP president Ben Jealous and the National Urban League's Marc Morial stress the need for increas...
White House Announces New Youth Jobs Initiative
The administration is partnering with private and public-sector organizations to create summer- and...
Commentary: Blacks Aren’t Marching on Washington Because Obama’s Black?
Congressional Black Caucus chairman Emanuel Cleaver II was way off base when he recently suggested ...
Commentary: It's Time to Pink Slip Obama
Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll says Americans gave Barack Obama a chance, but his record gives u...
Fixing the Black Male Unemployment Problem
Experts tackle a problem that is devastating the African-American community....
In the War on Unemployment, the National Urban League Has a Battle Plan
The Great Recession has battered, bruised and pummeled the nation—but nowhere more so than in urban...
Leymah Gbowee Praises the Value of Traditional African Education
Liberia’s 2011 Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee spoke before attendees at the Clinton Global Initiative...
South Africa’s African National Congress Celebrates 100 Years
South Africa is gearing up for the 100-year birthday bash of its beloved African National Congress ...
White House Fact Sheet: American Jobs Act and African-Americans
The impact for African-American families and the economy....
Assistant Secretary of Labor Says the President Is Trying to Help Black America
Labor Department Assistant Secretary for Policy William Spriggs tells BET.com that African-American...
Black Caucus Holding Capitol Hill Hearing on Jobs Today
Black Caucus Holding Capitol Hill Hearing on Jobs Today. By Tanu Henry...
Urban League: Health, jobs legislation fall short
Urban League: Health | jobs legislation fall short...
A Census First: Black Voter Turnout Passes Whites
Black voters turned out in historic numbers in 2012, giving President Obama the edge....
