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Why the Good Jobs Numbers Are Misleading

Posted on May 21, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Paul Vigna For months now, the data on the U.S. economy has displayed an odd schism. Most of the data has been pointing to a weak economy – except for the jobs numbers, which have consistently pointed toward a … Continue reading →

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L.A. Becomes the Largest City to Boost Minimum Wage

Posted on May 20, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Bourree Lam Tuesday’s vote to raise Los Angeles’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020 is being called “the most significant victory so far” in the push to increase the minimum wage nationally. The City Council passed the … Continue reading →

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Job Sprawl Hurts Minorities and Poor in Suburbia

Posted on April 29, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Haya El-Nasser Aida “Didi” Nuñez used to have a car and a job she could drive to. Then she lost her job at a community center when funding dried up. And then she had an accident and lost her … Continue reading →

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For U.S. Women, Inequality Takes Many Forms

Posted on April 18, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Ariel Smilowitz The gender wage gap is a complex problem, and we’ll need to address factors like race and region to solve it. Although we are only a few months into 2015, it has already proven to be a … Continue reading →

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What We Don’t Mention About Unemployment

Posted on April 17, 2015 by The Soul Brother

In this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama mentioned jobs 19 times, repeating it more than any other word with any policy implications. “Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999,” he said … Continue reading →

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Why We Must Fight for 15 and a Union

Posted on April 16, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Angel Rivera My name is Angel Rivera. Like the Fight for 15 workers who are protesting across the country today, I know what it’s like to work hard, but be unable to get by because of poverty wages and … Continue reading →

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City Council Will Likely Ban Practice Of Running Credit Checks On Job Applicants

Posted on April 13, 2015 by The Soul Brother

New York is poised to become one of a handful of places in which it’s illegal for employers to review job-seekers’ credit history, pending a vote in the City Council today. If passed, the bill would not only end the … Continue reading →

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Black America Is Just 72 Percent Equal To White America. In Some Areas, The Inequality Is Worse Than That.

Posted on March 25, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Nick Wing & Alissa Scheller A report released last week holds troubling findings about lasting inequality across the African-American community.The 2015 “State of Black America” study, conducted by the National Urban League, finds that black Americans fare worse than … Continue reading →

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16 things you should remove from your resume

Posted on March 23, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Amanda Augustine An eye-tracking study by TheLadders found that the average recruiter spends only six seconds reviewing a resume before deciding if it’s worth a closer inspection. When you only have six seconds to make the right impression, you … Continue reading →

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How Credit Checks Keep Black People Unemployed

Posted on March 13, 2015 by The Soul Brother

By Charles D. Ellison When New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office had cut a deal with the three big credit bureaus—Experian, Equifax and TransUnion—to improve the customer experience, the news shook the financial-services world … Continue reading →

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