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Old Obama acquaintance voices South Side’s disillusionment with his former ally - The Washington Post
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Unemployment is over 25% on Chicago's South Side black neighborhoods. Conditions have deteriorated with the higher unemployment since the economic crisis. Residents see little improvement since the days of Obama as a community activist in this part of the city.
Disillusionment with President Obama among Black-Americans from Roland Hanna at Columbia University to Frederick Harris, a novelist in the South
01/20/2009
The best many Black-Americans can say about Obama is that he talked a good game in 2008 but did little for minorities. The same is true for Hispanics as the piece by Wallstein in the Washington Post on June 10, 2012, documents in great detail.
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Hispanics and blacks counted housing equity as a much bigger part of their assets than whites. The recession and financial crisis of 2008 wiped out fully two thirds of the median net worth of Hispanic families and one half for Black families, with both groups having close to $6000 in total median net worth in 2010, according to data from Pew surveys.The recession has proved to be severe in its impact on minorities, and the election of a black president has done little to improve things- especially considering the dismal record of the Obama administration in helping prevent foreclosures.
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Congressman DeFazio call for more attention to unemployment by the Obama administration.
11/19/2009
De Fazio says he is hearing a lot of things from his constituents that the Obama administration is paying 90% of its attention to Wall Street and only 10% to the problems of ordinary Americans losing jobs and homes.
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The focus on health care reform comes at the wrong time when when the U.S. economy and high unemployment were priorities that needed attention, say experts. Feldstein points elsewhere to the lack of attention to the housing crisis and reducing foreclosures through homeowner assistance. These errors of the Obama administration increased business uncertainty in the U.S. just as the eurozone crisis worsened.
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About 10% nationwide and 15% in the midwest of people who are at homeless shelters are there because of foreclosures according to social service agencies.
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Poverty among white Americans in 2010-2015
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A previous generation could count on good jobs in manufacturing with only a high school education. The last two decades of globalization have hit manufacturing jobs and wages in the U.S. hard and the impact is greatest on people without a college education. Other problems aggravating income and causing poverty is the increase of dropout rates from the labor force of young white American men, the effects of drug use and the lack of stable marraiges. This creates an underclass of whites in America, similiar to the underclass among minorities.
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Roseland on Chicago's South Side, black poverty and Obama
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A sense that the earlier dedication to helping Roseland and places like it that need a special kind of help is missing from the President. Obama's advisers speak of inclusiveness and helping all minorities and the working class, yet while the stimulus helped the economy after the financial crisis, the lack of help to millions of homeowners facing foreclosure worsened the situation for minorities and the struggling middle class.
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Cornel West joins Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail in South Carolina - The Washington Post
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Immigration Activists Shift Focus to Obama
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An effort by the Obama administration to energize its Hispanic base ahead of the presidential elections in 2012 includes granting amnesty to about 1 million young illegal immigrants in 2012. The move comes in August 2012, only 3 months ahead of a tight presidential race during a period of high unemployment that hurts the incumbent president. It also comes at a time of widespread disillusionment among Hispanics about the failure of the Obama administration to give priority to immigration reforms.
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Foreclosures and unemployment in the U.S.
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The Obama administration foreclosure relief programs were designed for subprime lending situations and not for the high unemployment. As a result few unemployed homeowners have benefitted.
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High unemployment and poverty in major urban areas of the US including Washington D.C. This is especially true for those without a college education.
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Utility Bill Is One More Casualty of Recession
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