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Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2010

Uncategorized

Reducing Black Joblessness, One Client At A Time

Black joblessness has defied solution for decades. But organizations in the trenches are making a dent.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Opinion

Blacks Buffeted, But Obama Optimism Reigns

A columnist asks: Why are blacks so hopeful when their economic prospects have rarely been so dismal?

ByGary Younge 0Comments

14

Apr 2010

Economy

Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks

As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn’t—helped.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

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…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

ARTS and CULTURE Economy

In This Recession Pain Has A Color

The day that Barack Obama became President, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Plaza outside the state office building on 125th Street and Seventh Avenue was alive with expectant joy. The crowd…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2010

Justice

Coalition Battles Gov's Cuts

Business leaders and immigrant advocates have joined forces to resist cuts to English classes for New York’s new arrivals.

ByHelen Zelon 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Economy Justice

Hello, Mr. Elephant!

Some tiptoe around the subject, but the connection between black worker status and immigration deserves to be faced.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Economy Housing and Homelessness

A Minefield for Obama

When will the President address the disproportionate color of unemployment?

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2010

Economy

Black Caucus Attacks Joblessness

At a hearing in Washington, experts recommend more green jobs, tax credits and networking to increase employment rates – plus less classic job discrimination.

ByMelanie Eversley 0Comments

Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services

Blacks Buffeted, But Obama Optimism Reigns

Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks

Now What?

In This Recession Pain Has A Color

Coalition Battles Gov's Cuts

Hello, Mr. Elephant!

A Minefield for Obama

Black Caucus Attacks Joblessness

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