Friday, government experts are expected to report that the U.S. unemployment rate stayed around 8.2 percent, and the economy had a net gain of about 95,000 jobs. Economists say this meager rate of job growth is not enough to reduce the jobless rate. But experts say even at a time of high unemployment, some positions […]
Economic Downturn in US Hardest on Minorities
Posted July 26th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
Newly available U.S. government figures show the wealth gap between whites and minorities in the United States has grown to its widest point in 25 years, due to the recent economic downturn. The Pew Research Center on Tuesday released a study of census figures showing that the economic downturn took the biggest toll on Hispanic […]
