By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent Black women remain the backbone of the U.S. labor force—working more, earning less, and bearing greater burdens across nearly every sector. Even as the country added 177,000 jobs in April, Black women lost 106,000 positions, the steepest decline of any group. Their unemployment rate jumped ...

By Selen Ozturk Inequity still dominates the lived experience of many Californian Black women in the workplace, a new report suggests. The March 2025 report — “Invisible Labor, Visible Struggles: The Intersections of Race, Gender, and Workplace,” released by the California Black Women’s Collective Empowerment Institute (CBWCEI) — analyzes a December 2024 survey of 452 employed Black ...

By Dianne Anderson Local volunteers recently gathered for their first semi-normal, human-based event in well over a year, dutifully spaced six feet apart in chairs doing breakout sessions with groups of real people. It was a reality check for Reena Carrol, and interesting to hear some of the comments from those attending. “They were – ...