It's harder for black people to get jobs (even with comparable college) than white people

... black men, especially, have struggled relative to their white counterparts in this downturn, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25 and older in 2009 has been nearly twice that of white male college graduates — 8.4 percent ...

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conuly

Use of food stamps is soaring lately.

... a sign of laziness. But unemployment has soared, and food stamp ... rolls have stayed virtually flat. Unemployment insurance, despite rapid growth, reaches ... aid. In the Bronx, the rate is 46 percent. In East ... 7,500 jobs. The county unemployment rate nearly tripled, to more ... later. Together they had one unemployment check and a blended family ... to regain. “I would consider us middle class at one time...

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It must be a slow news day...except it's not.

... the week? We've got the worst unemployment in over 25 years, a war nearly everyone ..., a busted housing market, a rising crime rate(due to said economic woes) and all ...and social/human interest. We have People and US magazine and a few others for that sort...we all have this nasty little bit of us that loves to see the rich and famous... up about this non-news and give us the real stuff, okay? It's not as...

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ginalin

Daily Report - 02/12/09

...continued to grow against the US dollar thanks to the strengthened...world stock markets. The following US fundamentals were published on Tuesday...to the forecast. Consequently, the US dollar dynamics was not influenced...51.0. The Euro-zone unemployment happened to be at the...of the Australian dollar rate against the US dollar. Oil: The...metals’ prices grew. The gold rate renewed its historical maximum at...

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fx_metal

Free money!

...the appearance of lots of money, despite unemployment rising and what looks like a fairly...In effect it was transferred from the US gilt market to the global economy, ...the same time, China cut its interest rate by two points to around 3.... UK QE level, the UK interest rate level, and what is going on in the US. Actually... lows in the UK and the US. ++++++++++++++++ The current fuss over plagiarism on ...

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Excellent Essay on Social Democracy

...mindstalk linked to this absolutely first-rate discussion of social democracy by British... with Great Britain and the US, you will see that it ... bit of data In the US today, the "Gini coefficient"—a ...the fact that here in the US we have a similar inequality ... much better – using the same measures of unemployment for both periods, ... than partial should not trouble us. If we have learned nothing ...

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Found while doing research for my Examiner.com gig.

... look warily at the homicide rate. In researching the new book ... evidence over time, poverty and unemployment don’t lead to higher ... don’t hold the murder rate down either, as conservatives claim.... the Great Depression the homicide rate in the United States went ... growth – and yet the murder rate skyrocketed. “Criminologists make a case ...“As Americans, so many of us hate or distrust our government....

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another murder, two more stabbings

...who already have a struggle to pay for things. Unemployment rises as jobs are eliminated or contracted out --...-- which they're doing at a much greater rate due to the above and more stuff I'... gangs say "you want to be one of us? You got to burn your bridges. You can't be one of us until you've killed somebody to prove yourself ... it impossible for you to go back on us." And there you have it. And I'm...

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News Clips

.... The overall third-quarter delinquency rate is the highest since the association..., instead of peaking with the unemployment rate as they traditionally do, ...to peak in 2011, well after unemployment is expected to have begun ... Director Keating Holland. "At that rate, only a handful of voters ... of the countries who made us pay in the normals papers ... any comments you’d like us to include. You’re also ...

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News Clips

...'s still considering additional tax incentives for businesses to reverse the rising unemployment rate. "There may be some tax provisions that can encourage businesses to hire...District. "The Home Rule Charter tells us that we should have the same ... was the problem. "Everybody kept telling us, if you get here, we'll ... nobody was willing to come help us," Ada Webb said. "He just kind ...

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