Rev. Jesse Jackson Says Congress Ignoring Jobs Crisis
(AOL Black Voices) — In a piece on The Huffington Post, the Rev. Jesse Jackson stated that he is concerned that Congress is ignoring the jobs crisis in America. Over 300,000 teachers are facing layoffs this year, and teen unemployment is the highest its been since 1948, when records started being kept. There is a $1.4 billion bill that can provide 500,000 jobs for the summer, but the bill hasn’t even received a vote. This is significant for the African American community, since African American teens face the highest level of unemployment of any particular group, at 38 percent.
