by Safiyah Riddle | May 22, 2023 | Employment
For most of his adult life, De’Angelo Mack worked odd jobs. At a mattress warehouse, a candy factory, Fedex. Most work lasted a couple of weeks or months. But when the Chicago-born 32-year-old started looking for more permanent employment after the pandemic, it...
by Tiara White | May 16, 2023 | Employment
In April’s jobs report, there was an increase in wages and the unemployment rate reached a historic low, indicating that the job market is very tight. The labor market continued to show strength in April, with wages increasing and unemployment declining,...
by Tiara White | Apr 5, 2023 | Employment
History could repeat itself this year as recession fears grow. The Federal Reserve continues to increase interest rates to cool off the economy, which may cause a recession and affect Black and Latino unemployment first. William Martin knows when a recession hits, he...
by Nicholas Morgan | Apr 2, 2023 | Employment
After a month of deep uncertainty amid a sudden meltdown in parts of the banking sector, the U.S. jobs market is still expected to demonstrate its resilience in the face of headwinds. Ahead of the upcoming jobs report this Friday from the Labor Department, economists...
by Francisco Velasquez | May 21, 2021 | Employment, Featured
Juline Chevalier packed her bags in June of last year when her position at the Minneapolis Institute of Art was eliminated. After five years and six months of working as a museum educator at the MIA, she returned to Virginia, where she continued working as the...
by Allison Nicole Smith | May 10, 2021 | Employment, Featured
The job market stumbled last month, dampening hopes for rapid economic recovery amid the coronavirus vaccination rollout, while crystallizing debate over the health of the economy. U.S. employers added a meager 266,000 jobs in April, the Labor Department reported...
