Economic Policy Institute

Income inequality grows in the U.S.
George E. Curry | NNPA  |   OW Guest Contributor
Nov 22 2012

Gaps helps erode national sense of community

The threat of an impending fiscal cliff has sparked intense conversations about whether upper income citizens are paying their fair share of taxes. But equally important–and perhaps more important in the long term—is the issue of income inequality.

A new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, two Washington-based think tanks, documents the growing gap between rich and poor as well as between rich and middle-class families. That pattern holds true both nationally and at the state level.

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Transportation industry: a route to success for Black men
Freddie Allen
Nov 22 2012

Some see an easier path than in other industries

WASHINGTON—When Jeffrey Brooks began his career in the transportation industry, the encouraging words of his parents echoed in his ears: “Go get a good job, a good job that you can retire from with a pension.”

Now, 30 years later, Brooks, the administrative vice president and director of the Transit Division for Transport Workers Union of America, hopes that message is not getting lost on millions of unemployed young Black men living in urban areas across the nation.

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Black unemployment sparks chorus of discontent
NNPA Columnist
Feb 24 2011

Homegrown frustration compared to tide of Mideast revolt

[Editor’s Note: Although this story originates in the Inland Empire, the sentiments expressed are universal to America’s African American communities, and the studies and research just confirm something that most Black folk always felt.]

What would happen if 34.5 percent of White men did not have jobs? According to new United States Bureau of Labor statistics, joblessness for 16-to-24-year-old Black men has reached Great Depression proportions—more than three times the rate for the general U.S. population.

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Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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