Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga, Capital B As the government shutdown nears a month and the furloughs continue, hundreds ...

U.S. employment data reveals growing divergences in U.S. unemployment. While the national unemployment rate stood at 4.3% overall in August, among Black workers, the unemployment rate jumped to ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up The nation’s nonfarm businesses added 175,000 new jobs in ...

*The August 2025 jobs report brought troubling news for the Black community. The unemployment rate for Black or African American workers jumped to 7.5%, up from 7.2% in July. This is the highest rate ...

The H-2A visa is supposed to be a win-win. Migrant farmworkers can get a job in the U.S. and support their families back home. Meanwhile, American farms get enough workers to tend their fields without ...

The shortage of affordable housing is a familiar story in the Bay Area, especially in pricey locations like Marin County. But one neighborhood, the county's only true African American enclave, is ...