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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 the White House Council of Economic Advisors, described the creation of 247,000 jobs as a victory because the predictions were that the economy would only generate 170,000 jobs.  Unemployment rates went down to 7.7 percent, while […]