VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Statistics show the generation known as Baby Boomers are entering retirement age overweight and financially strapped in N.C. Oh, and they’re using drugs more than their parents or their children. “This is a population that was involved in drug use in their 20s or 30s and have just continued using,” said Pete […]

VIA NEWSONE From WSJ.com: The number of people filing for unemployment insurance fell last week, but weak industrial output and a drop in wholesale prices point to a slowing in the economic recovery. Initial claims for jobless benefits fell a seasonally adjusted 29,000 to 429,000 in the week ended July 10, the Labor Department said […]

VIA NEWSONE Black women have returned as the nation’s strongest performing demographic group in official unemployment figures. The release of today’s US Bureau of Labor Statistics data reveals that black female unemployment declined for a consecutive month in June, falling 5 per cent from a rate 12.4 per cent in May to 11.8 per cent […]

Black women have emerged triumphant in May’s official unemployment data, with a decrease of 10 per cent in unemployment from 13.7 per cent in April to 12.4 per cent in May.

From BlackNews.com: Dallas, TX (BlackNews.com) – As the economy continues its sluggish recovery, and with unemployment topping 9.7%, many people, especially minorities, have had to find alternative means to support themselves. Etiquette and social graces workshops specifically geared to the young people living in urban communities have been quietly on the rise as the lure […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Pivoting quickly from health care to jobs, President Barack Obama on Friday will visit the Charlotte region as the area continues to reel from the highest unemployment rate in at least 20 years. White House officials have not yet settled on where Obama will speak, or in what format. Local leaders say […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Central Piedmont Community College announced Thursday that it is opening a new center to help unemployed or underemployed professionals land employment in job-abundant industries such as health care and energy. The center, located on the school’s Harris campus near Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, is being funded by a two-year grant from Walmart Brighter […]

VIA CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Despite a move by two board members to implement pay cuts for CMS staff, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted last night to begin the process of laying off 600 teachers. With heavy hearts, and tied-hands the board voted 6-3 to reduce the staff and cut pay for assistant principals in preparation for […]