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

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 ...

The unemployment rate for Black women stands at nearly 6%, marking the third consecutive month of high rates among the group — an alarming trend economists see as a warning sign for the broader ...

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 ...

Across the economy, hiring in recent months has ground to its slowest pace since the start of the pandemic, with employers ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — U.S. reciprocal tariffs have put an estimated 30,000 jobs at risk, South African authorities said Monday, ...

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

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, ...

Around 103,000 women aged 20 and over exited the labor force in June, while 163,000 men in the same age group entered.

As a journalist, I don’t have the luxury of tuning out. I don’t get to unplug when the news cycle feels too heavy—especially when the headlines hit home. I have to be aware of what’s happening in the ...