By Wayne Dawkins

Is corporate discrimination against the unemployed undermining U.S. job growth?

The ColorofChange.org alleged that Monster.com and other job placement companies have “unemployed need not apply” polices.

Already employed job seekers were encouraged to pursue new opportunities however. ColorofChange appears to be responding to National Employment Law Project hearings that have called attention to patterns of discrimination against unemployed people.

By Wayne Dawkins
 
African-American voters must end their vacation and get to work. This constituency must make the president work harder for them.
 
That was the clearest message I heard Saturday from six political scientists and legal experts during the “From Black Power to Barack Obama” panel at the Harlem Book Fair.