As we’ve discussed with you all before, employment rates have remained somewhat steady for other groups of workers, except Black women. Between February and April of this year alone, we lost an ...

Recent college graduates searching for jobs are finding that practical degrees, work experience and even connections are no match for sluggish hiring.

Just like the workers on his construction projects, Donald Trump wrote the Black community a bad check during the campaign,” ...

The Black unemployment rate hit its highest mark since December 2021, while the White House defended the firing of Erika ...

For Black women, 20 years and older, the unemployment rate during July was 6.3%, according to the bureau’s July report. This ...

Black unemployment just hit 7.2%, and the first thing I’m going to say is.. it should worry all of us. This number climbed to its highest level since those dark, uncertain days of the COVID-19 ...

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Despite working for decades, many Black Americans reach retirement with significantly less savings than their White counterparts. A 2024 study finds that unequal access to employer-sponsored plans, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added just 73,000 jobs last month and Labor Department revisions showed that hiring was much ...