Department of Labor
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Trump’s Budget Cuts Workforce Training Essential to Blacks in Changing Economy
President Donald Trump recently released his annual budget for funding the U.S. federal government with cuts that will negatively affect…
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D.C. AG Sues Trump Admin Over Plan to Abolish Obamacare
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has joined a 12-state coalition in filing a lawsuit against a new Trump administration mandate…
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Proposed Regulations Pose Threat to Private Insurance Markets
The DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority on Tuesday submitted official comments to the U.S. Department of Labor withdrawal of its…
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Trump Blasts ‘Dishonest’ Press, Welcomes Meeting With CBC
President Donald Trump took a "dishonest" media to task during an impromptu press conference at the White House Thursday afternoon,…
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Sexual Harassment Claims Higher Than Average for Employees of Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee
Sixty-six percent of women employed at restaurants owned by Andrew Puzder, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary, reported being…
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Child Watch: Getting Education Right From the Beginning
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist [We found that] if we created the right wraparound programs, the right preschool programs…
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Black Unemployment has not Improved
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When unemployment numbers were released on Friday, commentators reacted joyfully. Alan Krueger, who heads…
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To Be Equal: National Urban League Launches $70 Million Jobs Rebuild America Initiative
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We urge that a comprehensive jobs program be developed and executed by way of…
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