October 12, 2005

Jesse Tapdances to New Orleans

Jesse Jackson's high-profile visit with Mexican Presidente Vicente Fox last summer over the racist stamp imbroglio looked suspiciously like a ploy to maintain the Rev.'s viability in the future Mexicanized America.

At last! Hispanic Job Share Drops--Slightly--Maybe

Payroll employment fell by 35,000 positions in September, a stronger than expected showing given the havoc created by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Household Survey was still more upbeat, reporting a September job loss of just 17,000.

Even bigger more surprising: the Household Survey’s finding that Hispanic employment declined by 117,000, or 0.6 percent, in September.