WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) drew attention to the teen employment drought with a full-page advertisement in the USA TODAY. The ad raises the issue of minority teen unemployment, calling it the biggest crisis currently facing this population group. The ad reads as follows: The Biggest Minority Teen Crisis? Pregnancy Smoking Unemployment “Sadly, African-American teen unemployment is nearly six times the […]

WASHINGTON – While nearly 100,000 new jobs were created in November and overall unemployment remained constant at 4.7%, there was a marked increase in unemployment among teenagers. The news was particularly bleak for African American teens. Their unemployment rate rose to 29.5%, over 6 times higher than the national rate. When compared to this time last year, the trend is unmistakable. The unemployment rates for […]