Employment/ Jobs
Vice President Harris concedes
Black men voted for Harris; White women and Latino men didn’t Vice President Kalama Harris conceded Wednesday’s election to Republican Donald Trump, who won the nation’s presidency for the second time. “I know some of you feel sad and disappointed,” Harris told Howard University students, their parents, and others who gathered on the school’s campus,…
Read MoreSenior Airman killed by police will be buried Friday
Air Force senior Airman Roger Fortson, who police shot to death in his own apartment, will be buried Friday in New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia. Forston’s body arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Tuesday afternoon and was escorted from the plane by the Delta Honor Guard, according to his obituary. A public viewing…
Read MoreNorthern Ireland elects a Black woman as mayor of one of its largest cities
Lilian Seenoi-Barr arrived in Northern Ireland as a refugee and is now the first Black woman to be elected mayor of Derry, also known as Londonderry and Strabane, a town in County Tyrone. This is believed to be the first time a Black politician has been elected to public office in Northern Ireland, although Rotimi Adebari, a…
Read MoreBlack women write about justice for Black men
Black women are angry about the police murders of Black men and have organized to fight the depiction of Black men by the media and police, which was announced in relation to an upcoming book that will be published on September 15 by Broadleafbooks.com (https://www.broadleafbooks.com) The organization called “We Refused to be Silent: Women’s Voices…
Read MoreThe Joint Center is angry that Blacks and People of Color are not getting many jobs in the new Congress
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington D.C. think tank for Black-elected officials, is pissed off that only 5.1 percent of Blacks and 17.9 percent of people of color are hired for the nation’s top jobs in the 118th Congress, which began meeting January 3, 2023. Top staff positions include chiefs of staff,…
Read MoreJob growth could help Black men find work
January’s jobs rose by 517,000, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last Friday. The number of jobs created was higher than economists predicted, constituting a 53-year high. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, and health care. Employment…
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