CHICAGO DEFENDER — Target spokesperson Jacqueline DuBuse confirmed the closures telling the Defender that closing a store is not taken lightly.
OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Whichever store you choose to shop at, you’ll still be getting a deal compared to if you decided to pick up the same...
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — Traditionally, economists will measure the health of our nation’s economy on the basis of housing starts – the number of home construction...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — As the many elections are currently underway, there is serious chatter about which political party has, for the most part, been good to...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES —The Jefferson County Commission voted last week to expand the existing Jefferson Metropolitan Park in McCalla that could bring thousands of additional jobs...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — For the record, since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking unemployment statistics based on race in the 1970s, the rate of Black...
ATLANTA VOICE — For too long, great development projects have elevated some Atlanta communities while leaving others behind.
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The income, poverty and health insurance data released by the Census Bureau on September 13 confirms what many of us...
By Bria Nicole Stone (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Black women have to work seven extra months to earn what White men were paid in 2016. On average,...
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) The New York Life insurance company recently hosted a panel discussion on bridging the racial wealth gap in Washington,...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In May of 2017, the Black unemployment rate hit its lowest level in 17 years: 7.5 percent. Then, in...
Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam.
Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam.
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) The Black unemployment rate ticked down from 8.9 percent in March to 8.8 percent in April and...
(Reuters) – U.S. small business confidence rose modestly in August, suggesting the economy continued to grow at a steady clip halfway through the third quarter. The...
(Fox Business) – U.S. small business confidence rebounded in July from a 15-month low as owners anticipated solid sales and inventory growth, providing another boost to...
New York (CNNMoney) — America’s economy picked up some momentum this spring and summer, but it didn’t wow. It grew 2.3% between April and June compared to...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
(Reuters) – Rising shelter and medical care costs boosted underlying U.S. inflation pressures in April, a welcome sign for the Federal Reserve as it contemplates...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Like an underachieving student, the U.S. economy isn’t living up to the high hopes it began the...
(Bloomberg) – The American job market shows signs of entering a new stage that will bolster households as employers fight to retain and attract workers...
(Bloomberg) – Get ready for a new economic order. In the world 15 years from now, the U.S. will be far less dominant, several emerging markets will catapult into...
Steve Rothwell, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — In 2009 the stock market was filled with panic. The housing market had collapsed. Lehman Brothers had...
Josh Boak, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home sales struck a snow drift in January, plunging to the slowest pace in nine months. The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising sales helped boost hiring at U.S. businesses in the last three months of 2014, and companies are optimistic that continued improvement...
