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The White House announced that their $787 billion stimulus package has actually created almost 683,000 jobs in the first quarter of this year. Well, that’s not quite what they said. They said the package “funded” that many jobs, and that’s an important distinction to make. In other words, these are jobs that were either created [...]

In good economic times, black people suffer greatly in the United States. When unemployment for the rest of the country was around 6%, for black people it was around 11%. For young people under the age of 25, it was around 25%; ironic, right? Therefore, it’s no surprise that with the country’s unemployment rate being [...]