Unemployment claims are decreasing in some areas while soaring in others, highlighting the currently uneven state of the U.S.

The unemployment rate for Black women stands at nearly 6%, marking the third consecutive month of high rates among the group ...

Research showed that in Black communities, each additional Black individual incarcerated per 100,000 population is tied to a ...

New data released July 3 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women.

Originally published by The 19th Unemployment rates over the past year have remained largely steady for every group of ...

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Experts are warning that the increases in the unemployment of Black women could be a harbinger for the rest of the workers in ...

Around 103,000 women aged 20 and over exited the labor force in June, while 163,000 men in the same age group entered.

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state’s unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia’s ...

Unemployment among Black Americans reached its highest level in over three years, according to the latest job report.

In June, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 190,000 to 1.6 million, largely ...

The economy added a stronger-than-expected 147,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1% from 4.2%, ...