these low-wage workers are in fact women who are raising children. last word to michael saltzman. there s another side of that equation that s, what happens when you take money from employers and that they have to raise prices or reduce the number of opportunities? i mean, we re here in california where san jose just went to a $10 minimum wage and we ve seen the impact in san jose. restaurants have cut back on students. some had to close their doors. a case studiy we could see nationwide if we go to $10 in congress. michael saltzman, mark more yell, we ll talk about this all year. a platform that won t go away. time for action is now. thank you. in between the leg warmers, power ballots and shoulder pads, there was reagan onices. what happened to trickle down? why are they not leading to better paying jobs? i go one-on-one with newt gingrich, next. i have low testosterone. there, i said it.
eligible american s right to vote. there s al sharpton in the back. joining me is mark more yell, and leadership conference president wayne henderson both at today s white house meeting. mark more yell, thank you for joining us. we were right in the middle of the zimmerman trial at the essence convention and you got shortchange pded. you start out tonight. what can you tell us the president said to your groups tonight, the groups that lead this country what he s going to do to protect the right to vote? the president and attorney general were strong, forceful, they were resolute they are going to use their responsibility and their power to enforce the remaining provisions of the voting rights act. the voting rights act was wounded. it wasn t killed. there s still many tools in the toolbox of the justice department toef protect democracy and voting. the president also has designated the attorney general as his point person and as his point person, the attorney general has already shif
car. i can t afford a car. i can t afford gas let alone a car and maintenance. so they say can you come for the job interview and be here within an hour, it s like. no, it takes three hours on a bus. if i have a job i will get there an hour early and be on time. unfortunately i can t get there to interview within an hour. i think it s discriminatory. mark, from what you know and found in this report, how common is judi s story? judy s story is common in this economy. we asked people last week as a part of our preparation for today s report to load up their personal stories. many stories people throughout the economy, people with masters degrees and no degrees looking for work.
slimmer. according to an urban league report, it is almost twice as high as it is for whites in this country. joining us from los angeles is judy redmond, hasn t had a full-time job in three years, having two degrees. mark more yell, great to see both of you. to show the statistic for unemployment, 14.8% for african-americans. and 8.5% for whites. 24.7 african-americans living below the poverty line in total versus 8.6% for whites. 47.4% of african-americans own homes. 75% of whites do. 73% of whites complete coverage. look at this. 44.8% of african-american households have a computer at
home and 64.6% of white households do. the numbers track similarly for hispanics. what s responsibility for that wide disparty? you ve got long-term historic discrimination and a legacy of slavery and segregation. you would probably mark progress since the 1960s. what s important now is for the nation to embrace the idea while closing the gaps is not only good for african-americans but also good for the nation at large. when we have unemployed people, we also have people who could be contributing to the overall economy. that s why we strongly support a robust jobs initiative by the president and the congress. our report includes six recommendations in that regard. we ll be pushing that report over the next several months. mark, let s bring in judy