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How to Survive in New York On $0 A Day

Amid crisis-level black unemployment, government benefits, family support and off-the-books labor help make ends meet.

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Investigations Uncategorized

Bloomberg Cash Rewards Program Gets Mixed Reviews

The centerpiece of the mayor’s anti-poverty plan is being phased out after showing mixed results. City Hall says it was a valuable try. But what lessons has the city learned?

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Group Wants UN Scrutiny Of U.S. Black Unemployment

As the United Nation’s Human Rights Council embarks on a review of the United States, some advocates say high black joblessness is a mark against America.

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Welfare Reformer Becomes City Homeless Commissioner

Advocates for the poor and homeless fear he’ll enforce harsh consequences on those who don’t shape up.

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A Young Gun For Labor

A 28-year-old union president is trying to get his members a new contract and, some say, reflecting a new wave of labor activism.

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ARTS and CULTURE Economy

Now What?

In the lobby of STRIVE, an employment-training program in East Harlem, the messages are clear, stated in a bold, black font on posters that greet the overwhelmingly black and Latino…

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How Fares Welfare?

While the mild post-9/11 recession was a dry run, the current downturn is the first real test of the safety net since welfare reform.

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Economy

Where It Hurts

In the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens on a slate gray Friday in February, the food pantry at St. Gertrude the Great was devoid of clients. The woman working there,…

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ARTS and CULTURE Economy Housing and Homelessness Justice

The Search for the Smoking Gun

During four decades of debate over the causes of black-male joblessness and unemployment, there have been two broad schools of thought. There were those who blamed the problem on the…