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

"Black workers are often last hired, first fired," said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation.

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 ...

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The 19th, citing Bureau of Labor Statistics data, reported that the unemployment rate for Black women increased from 5.1% in March to 6.1% in April, peaking at 6.2% in May before decreasing ...

For the past three months that increase has been even more pronounced, with Black women’s unemployment rate hovering at 6 percent — twice the rate of White workers — according to new data ...

CNN — Unemployment among Black Americans last month reached its highest level in more than three years, in stark contrast to the broader labor market's resilience. The jobless rate for Black ...

The black unemployment rate has dropped from 15.8 to 13.6 percent, according to ColorLines. Suggested Reading Why a Lot of Black Folks Aren’t Feeling Michelle Obama’s Post-White House Era ...