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August 2016 was Chicago’s deadliest month in nearly two decades, leaving the city’s streets riddled with shell casings and bloodshed from mostly African-American bodies.  According to the Chicago Police Department’s crime statistics, an astonishing 474 people were victims of homicide in 2016. In August alone, there were 92 deaths, a number slightly lower than July 1993 […]

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According to a new study, the nation’s capital is leading the country in Black unemployment.

The Black unemployment rate is nearly double the national rate and twice as high as that for Whites, even as the economy added 222,000 jobs…

President Barack Obama is on a roll. A bankroll, that is. In a proposal that could cover nearly 5 million workers, the president said Monday…

Here are all the top news headlines every smart black chick would want on her radar today. Your welcome.

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As someone who works in civil rights and politics, I’ve become the go-to guru in my family on all things political or government-related. Just before…

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The White House has released a report discussing the most-recent unemployment numbers from the Bureau Of Labor Statistics, and the African-American unemployment rate, is one…

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More than one million people lost their unemployment benefits this past Saturday, due to the expiration of the emergency program that Congress did not extend.…

Tom Joyner Morning Show

Rev. Al Sharpton talks with the crew about the rising unemployment problem in the black community.

The Labor Department released its April jobs report Friday morning (May 3), highlighting a slight drop in the overall unemployment rate. With the rate dropping…

King of sarcasm and Commander-in-Chief President Barack Obama (pictured) dismissed questions over his struggles to pass select components of his second-term agenda by telling a…

The economy may be showing some signs of improvement but finding employment is still very difficult for many Americans–especially recent college graduates. That obstacle only…