BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Black Friday arrives this year in a country wrestling with the weight of policies that have stripped stability from millions of Americans and...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — With the federal government shutdown grinding on, the nation’s economic picture is collapsing into silence and uncertainty.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — They are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They are the skilled hands behind machines of war. And they are out of work...
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...
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American in the history of the American labor movement,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This might look like encouraging positive parenting practices or helping parents develop their children’s early math and reading skills. Home visitors can also...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How poetic is it that the first woman, the first Black American, and first Asian American to be elected vice president of this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Founded in 2019 by three Black women, Fearless Fund has championed economic empowerment and opportunity for women of color. Their flagship initiative, 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 — Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEI&A”) initiatives and training make governments, businesses, and organizations stronger. Surveys show that 67% of job seekers consider...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to Freedom, the largest Civil Rights demonstration...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Increased wages were strongest for the elite HBCUs: Hampton, Howard, Morehouse, Spelman and Xavier. But the effect persisted 10 years after graduation for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The event at Douglass High was an organizing event and the first stop of a sweep through Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. Monday’s schedule...
Patrick Clark, BLOOMBERG (BloombergBusiness.com) – It’s tough to be a renter. Housing costs, in many markets, are rising faster than wages, and there is...
GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Menu prices are up 21 percent and you don’t have to tip at Ivar’s Salmon House on Seattle’s Lake...
Barbara Woolsey, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Hotel maids don’t have it easy; My mom’s worked as one for more than 20 years. It’s tough physical work....
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week as employers remain confident enough in the economy...
Amy Chozick, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — In a speech intended to outline the economic vision she will present throughout...
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...
(CBS News) – Stagnant wage growth has been a persistent problem during the economic recovery, leading many to wonder when workers will again see bigger...
(CBS News) – By most measures, we’re in the later innings of this economic cycle. Corporate profits are cooling. Commodity prices are collapsing. Fifteen central banks...
Mark Landler, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—Before introducing his nominee to fill the job of defense secretary, President Obama took a moment on Friday...
Nathan Layne, REUTERS (Reuters)—A group of Walmart employees pushing for higher wages said on Friday they were planning protests at 1,600 Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday,...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses were much less likely to boost pay in the third quarter than in previous months,...
