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 ...

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 ...

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

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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, ...

Organizers estimate more than 600 people attended the "No Kings" protest in Black Mountain. Some attendees said upholding the constitution was important to them.

BLACK MOUNTAIN – Organizers estimate more than 600 people gathered in Town Square for Black Mountain’s “No Kings” protest June 14. Swannanoa Valley residents lined the sides of Town Square and ...