The average white household added $85,000 in wealth this year, versus just over $25,000 for Black and Hispanic families. The unemployment rate for white workers has held steady in ...

Unemployment for Black Americans is at its worst level since the pandemic, with some economists seeing the latest results as a sign of worse things to come for the US economy. The unemployment rate ...

Black women’s unemployment rate is hovering at 6.7% — higher than the rate for white workers. Is it a sign the broader economy could sour?... Is the economy slowing? Ask Black women. (SOUNDBITE OF ...

Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis ...

In his first term, President Donald Trump frequently touted record-low Black unemployment. Now, it’s rising at the fastest clip since 2020. The unemployment rate for Black Americans has shot up by 1.5 ...

(CNN) — August, which is heralded as Black Business Month, should have been a time to celebrate the Black labor force. But last month’s jobs report showed unemployment rates increased for Black ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in droves and that things would get even worse if ...

With unemployment among American Black women outpacing the national rate, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley called on the nation’s central bank to do everything it can to arrest that trend. “This is a glaring ...

As the U.S. labor market falters, Black people are shouldering the burden more than any other American demographic. The Black unemployment rate is rising nationwide, and in Minnesota it has more than ...

There are signs that Americans are less worried about the economy: Over the Thanksgiving holiday, shoppers spent a whopping ...