BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE—While Black History Month calls us to honor generations of resilience, the Trump administration has spent its first year dismantling the very pathways those generations...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While the overall unemployment rate held steady between June 2024 and June 2025, joblessness among Black workers rose by more than half a...
By Fred Redmond, AFL-CIO Secretary – Treasurer The country just celebrated Labor Day and the contributions working people and unions have made toward a more...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — A new 16-page issue brief by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies warns that federal industrial policy investments aimed at advancing...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While Scott touted the bill as a transformative achievement for American families, independent analyses paint a different picture. The Committee for a Responsible...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The numbers mark the third consecutive month that functional unemployment has surpassed 24%, according to LISEP, which defines functional unemployment as the combined...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Since returning to office, Trump has targeted unions and diversity initiatives. He’s rescinded Executive Order 11246, which prohibited discrimination by federal contractors
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the policies aim to bolster what the administration calls "American values and safety," they carry profound implications for Black Americans and other...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a letter to publishers, Vice President Harris asserted that the NNPA has remained steadfast in its commitment to supporting Black publishers. “Your...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Black-owned media voices can shape political messaging, mobilize voters, and advocate for Black issues,” stated Bobby Henry, NNPA’s national chairman and publisher of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This partnership with the NNPA continues those efforts and will strengthen our work in meeting Black voters where they are, to underscore the...
THE AFRO — FTC estimates that the impact of banning non-competes could increase worker pay by $300 billion and it can lead to 8,500 more new...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black workers are more affected by pretty much every category than other racial groups, notably by global health concerns – 41.6% of Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Joint Center and Black communities will forever be indebted to Spencer Overton for his amazing leadership over the ten years he served...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on the state of Black students at community colleges,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The president highlighted the 6.6 million jobs added to the U.S. economy in the year since he took office. “It comes alongside the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — State and national data spanning the last 50 years highlight significant areas of economic progress among Black Americans. However, the data also make...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — 58% of Black-owned businesses reported being financially distressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From February to April 2020, Black business ownership dropped by...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Today, nearly 1-in-5 Black workers are employed in the public sector. The legacy of Black government workers is particularly strong in the Postal...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For instance, Amazon fired Black and brown workers who have organized to demand more substantial health and safety protections. Thousands of Instacart workers,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I want to give thanks for a human right that shaped our country throughout the 20th century and that made Thanksgiving possible for...
OAKLAND POST — African American contractors and construction workers are opposing a proposal that has been presented to the City Council requiring that all jobs on...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — The Los Angeles Black Worker Center (LABWC) is leading the #LocalEnforcementNow movement to give Black workers a voice in support of the...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The Los Angeles Black Worker Center is expected to release a report in January on the status of black workers in the public...
