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Vol. 34, No. 2
In This Issue
In This Recession Pain Has a Color
Times are tough for everyone. There tougher for New York City's black men.
May 2010
The recent recession etched deep pain across New York and throughout the United States. Yet no group fared worse than black men, a fifth of whom are now unemployed--more than twice the rate for whites--and a record number of whom are not in the labor force at all. But the recent surge merely amplified longstanding trends. Why are blacks more likely to be out of work than whites? What impact is it having on black communities in the city? And as black leaders pressure the Obama administration to address the economic crisis of black men, what are the competing policy options for federal and local government?
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Images of a Crisis: Jobless in New York
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City Limits Magazine is devoted to the in-depth investigation of pressing civic issues in New York City. Driven by a mission to inform public discourse, the Magazine provides the factual reporting, human faces, data, history and breadth of knowledge necessary to understanding the nuances, complexities and hard truths of the city, its politics and its people.
