Black workers are often last hired, first fired,” said Angela Hanks, chief of policy programs of The Century Foundation. The ...

The Labor Department's recent report is concerning because Black folks are often the first to be hit by economic downturns in the nation.

Economists say the rise in unemployment among Black Americans could be a troubling sign for the economy at large.

National unemployment was 7.9% in this month’s Rasmussen Reports Real Unemployment update, down slightly from 8.2% last month ...

U.S. job growth likely slowed in July, with the unemployment rate forecast rising back to 4.2%, but that probably would be ...

The president attempted to tell a different story about the U.S. economy than what the latest job report revealed.

Two years ago, the Ocean State’s unemployment rate was 2.7 percent. Last quarter, it hit 4.9 percent, according to the Rhode ...

Statistics Canada on Friday reported 41,000 job losses last month, while economists had expected a slight gain. The ...