The US economic recovery is skipping Latina and Black women
The US economic recovery is skipping Latina and Black women
The American economy is slowly recovering, but Black and Hispanic women are being left behind. The latest data show the US unemployment rate stayed steady at 6.7% for the month […]
Job Losses in 2020 Were Worst Since 1939, With Latinos, Blacks, Teenagers Among Hardest Hit
December capped the worst year for U.S. job losses in records tracing back to 1939, with Hispanics, Blacks, teenagers and high-school dropouts hit particularly hard. In 2020, the economy shed […]
Latino unemployment rises to 6.0 in September
*You’ll hear reports that the employment picture in the U.S. is getting better, and it is, overall. But when you dive in to the Latino employment numbers, there’s another story. […]
Young men, keep this in mind when applying for college or looking for a job
SPONSORED CONTENT By NewsTaco According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for Latinos is 17.1 percent. That translates to 1.5 million Latinos who are looking for […]
The US economy just hung up a giant “help wanted” sign
*Good news, kinda. All the indicators are up, except the hiring part. There are several theories as to why, meanwhile Latino employment remains low. VL By Matt Phillips, Quartz American companies […]
Latinos Are The First To Reach Pre-Recession Employment
Despite making up only a seventh of the entire U.S. population, Latinos took 60% of the 2.3 million jobs added in 2011. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics household survey, the […]
Despite High Unemployment, Hiring Discrimination Remains
By David Elliot, otherwords.org Many people know that some 14 million Americans, officially about 9 percent of the nation’s work force, are unemployed. Another 12 million are under-employed. That means […]
Alabama Has Thrown The Baby Out With The Bath Water
If I were living in Alabama, which I’m not, I’d probably be among the many Latinos of that state who are packing their tiliches (stuff), pulling their roots and moving […]
More Latinos Needed In Highest Levels Of Federal Government
All things being equal, with population growth rates remaining the same, by the year 2050 there will be no clear ethnic or racial majority in the United States. That’s according […]
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis Talks Jobs For Latinos
By Hilda Solids, Secretary of Labor I spent Labor Day with President Obama in Detroit. As we looked ahead to his big speech tonight and discussed his plan to put […]
