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Black male unemployment is 14.8 percent, and the current trend is up.

A growing number of Federal Reserve officials have concluded that the central bank needs to expand its stimulus campaign unless the nationu2019s economy soon shows signs of improvement, including …

Two bankrupt Californian cities of Fontana and Ontario in San Bernardino County offer a bracing jolt to Washingtonu2019s passivity. Where the Obama administration has largely failed [succeeded] to ease …

In an election year dominated by socioeconomic themes, it seems logical that raising the federal minimum wage would become a heated campaign issue in the battle for the presidency.

At the current rate of $7.25 an hour, a full-time, year-round worker would have gross pay of less than $15,000 a year.

The American economy has moved way beyond outsourcing abroad or even u201cin-sourcing.u201d Most big companies headquartered in America donu2019t send jobs overseas and donu2019t bring jobs here from abroad.

Did Mitt Romney really “create 100,000 jobs” with Staples? Simple answer: only if no one else was selling office supplies, stationery, etc. before Staples came along. What Staples did …

When the next opportunity for labor law reform arrives, union membership will be smaller and our political clout even more diminished. If we are to succeed, future reform proposals …

If lawmakers skipped the myth-making and began putting Americau2019s resources into a series of domestic investments that would spur the economy now, their acts would yield dividends for years …

By now, weu2019ve all heard about the growing disparity between rich and poor u2014 and most of us have felt the effects. This chart, posted by Colin Gordon of …