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I became a regular at my local casino when I was unemployed. I networked directly with people in power and landed my next gig.
I was unemployed and struggled to get my résumé into the right hands. I started going to casinos an…
Adam Sheinman
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Why Black men's job situation is worse than it looks
Black men are still working at a considerably lower rate than white, Asian, and Hispanic men, despi…
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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Meet the 'disconnected youth': A growing group of Gen Zers who aren't working or going to school
A growing group of Gen Zers aren't working or going to school.
Juliana Kaplan,Ayelet Sheffey…
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A millennial has been looking for a tech job for over a year after being laid off. He says AI and being Black have worked against him.
A millennial who's been looking for a job for a year shares the strategies he's tried and why he th…
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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Almost 70% of Black workers in Southern California who lost their jobs said they were still looking for work a year after the start of the pandemic
A survey of 2,000 Black workers in Southern California found that 45% who faced discrimination in t…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Here's why James Carville believes Biden's been 'the best president that Black America's ever had'
In April 2023, the Black unemployment rate fell to 4.8%, a record low for Black citizens. It ticked…
John L. Dorman
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Trump said that 'the Black people' like him because of his indictments and mug shot
Donald Trump claimed Black people like him because of their shared experience of discrimination in …
Alia Shoaib
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More Black workers lost jobs in December, despite a sharp decline in overall unemployment
Black Americans have historically seen higher unemployment than other groups. "This is part of what…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff,J…
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Companies still aren't hiring Black men, despite 10.6 million open jobs in the US. It's costing the economy $50 billion.
If the nearly 700,000 Black men looking for jobs got a paycheck, billions more dollars would be in …
Jason Lalljee
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The jobs recovery surged forward in June, but not for Black Americans
The Black jobless rate is nearly twice the white one. An economist says it's just "a longer job sea…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Businesses are desperate to hire, but Black workers' unemployment went up in August: 'It's not that you can't find anybody - you can't find the people you want'
It's "the self-evident discrimination in the labor market revealing itself," Howard University prof…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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China's youth unemployment is so dire that it's inspired recent college grads to post pictures of themselves sprawled on the ground in 'zombie-style' poses
Youth unemployment rates hit a record high of 20.8% in May. This means one out of five of those bet…
Huileng Tan
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Trump boasted he had the 'best Black unemployment numbers' in history, but Black unemployment is nearly double the white jobless rate
September's Bureau of Labor Statistics report said unemployment for Black Americans "showed little …
Inyoung Choi
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Black workers could be disproportionately harmed by AI in the workplace, a study says. They are feeling the heat — and trying to fix it.
Black workers are more afraid of being replaced by AI than white workers, a new survey found. But t…
Aaron Mok
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After blacking out and waking up on a plane in the Dallas airport, I knew I needed help getting sober
I had been drinking and doing drugs since age 12. Waking up from a blackout on a plane was a wake-u…
Doug Fleener
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Black workers saw a big drop in unemployment in July, but many left the labor force altogether
The data from July represents yet another month that Black Americans were left behind during the ec…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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The unemployment rate went up in January. Here's why that's a good thing.
More Americans are actually getting out there and applying for jobs. It signals confidence in their…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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Meet post-pandemic Gen Z, the most unemployed generation which is now in danger of repeating millennials' struggles
The generation, the oldest of whom turned 23 this year, has been grappling with the pandemic during…
Hillary Hoffower
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Cuts to COVID-era unemployment benefits will lower US incomes by nearly $145 billion, according to economic think tank
The average annual decrease in income from UI cuts is $13,728 per person, and the average annual de…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Julia…
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A Black man says Dallas police tased and beat him after mistaking him for someone with the same name except for one letter
Silvester Hayes says officers in Dallas mistook him for the similarly-named Sylvester Hayes and vio…