Unemployment may be dropping, but it’s still twice as high for blacks, By Sonari Glinton, February 5, 2016, National Public Radio: “The jobs numbers are in: 150,000 jobs were added to the economy in January. That’s fewer than expected, though the unemployment rate fell to an eight-year low. Â President Obama took the opportunity this morning to take a shot at some of his more vocal opponents…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty