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 NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black youth experienced bigger employment gains over the summer than White and Hispanic youth, according to...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The slow-moving, uneven economic recovery continues to elude Black workers and some economists predict that...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell slightly from 10.4 percent in December to 10.3 percent in...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After three consecutive months of the economy adding more than 25,000 jobs, the Black unemployment rate...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate climbed from 10.7 percent in June to 11.4 percent in July, an...
By James Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer WASHINGTON – The economic status of African-Americans and the “crisis-level” income gap between the rich...
