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Can Job Training Reduce Unemployment?
Governments are pouring money into job skills programs as a way of combating poverty. But what jobs are participants being prepared for?
From Welfare To Work—Until A Budget Cut Hits
Through the transitional jobs program, hundreds of former welfare recipients have performed actual city jobs—not workfare. But state budget reductions will force the program to scale back.
Senate, Assembly Resist Cuomo Cuts To Services
Legislators want to restore many human services that Gov. Cuomo proposed cutting. But the Senate and Assembly still differ by tens of millions of dollars on social funding, and some programs still face elimination.
Reducing Black Joblessness, One Client At A Time
Black joblessness has defied solution for decades. But organizations in the trenches are making a dent.
Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks
As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn't—helped.
In This Recession Pain Has A Color
Times are tough for everyone. They are tougher for New York City's black men.
Now What?
The Struggle for a Solution
Coalition Battles Gov's Cuts
A Minefield for Obama
When will the President address the disproportionate color of unemployment?
Hello, Mr. Elephant!
Some tiptoe around the subject – but the connection between black worker status and immigration deserves to be faced.
Black Caucus Attacks Joblessness
At a hearing in Washington, experts recommend more green jobs, tax credits and networking to increase employment rates – plus less classic job discrimination.
Thin Gruel For Soup Kitchens
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The Lower Unemployment Rate: Getting Jobs, Or Giving Up? - Neil deMause
A closer look at the national labor-market figures released last week suggest that the modest fall in the unemployment rate has more to do with people leaving the labor force than folks finding jobs.
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The GED: Public Good or Private Sector Trove?
A private corporation has just taken over the test that millions use to attain credentials outside of high school. Amid talk of rising fees, it's time for the city to step up for students counting on the GED.
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Closing the Skills Gap
This report, jointly published by CUF and the Community Service Society, finds that New York City faces a human capital crisis that could threaten the city's long-term economic competitiveness while relegating countless residents to low-wage jobs.
