As U.S. retail companies implement widespread layoffs to reduce expenses, major players such as Starbucks, Kohl’s and Forever 21 are following suit. The rising instability in consumer-sector employment raises pressing questions about long-term labor market trends and the strategies workers must adopt to remain resilient.  Layoff wave hits Kohl’s, Forever

During his hour-and-a-half-long joint address to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump touted his executive actions to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the federal government. “We’ve ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government and indeed the private sector and our

U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was ordered to be removed from the chamber floor of the U.S. House of Representatives after repeatedly protesting President Donald Trump‘s joint address to Congress on Tuesday night. Two minutes into Trump’s remarks, Green stood up from his seat and began to shout out inaudible

Donald Trump‘s first joint address to Congress as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday night is being met with resistance from Democrats on Capitol Hill. But it’s the elected Black members, particularly Black women, of Congress who are working to lead and shape the opposition to Trump’s

Roughly 275 burial plots of the formerly enslaved and sharecroppers at Danville, Va.’s Oak Hill plantation site are being moved to make way for an industrial park. Oak Hill, built in 1820, was the home of slaver Samuel Hairston, considered to be one of the largest enslavers in the south,

The initial story regarding a college junior who died after participating in a hazing ritual while pledging the Omega Psi Phi fraternity chapter at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., may have been fabricated, according to sources. Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old junior mechanical engineering student at the university, was pronounced

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is on a mission to erase Black Lives Matter Plaza from Washington, D.C. This week, he introduced a new bill, H.R. 1774, to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, proposing to withhold certain federal funds from the District of Columbia unless Mayor Muriel Bowser renames

After much anticipation, a return to Instagram, a postponement, and a somewhat unfavorable expose in Vanity Fair, Meghan Markle’s new series has finally dropped on Netflix.  On Tuesday, after being pushed back due to the wildfires that spread throughout Los Angeles in January, “With Love, Meghan,” a new reality lifestyle

The stretch between February and March always carries an extra layer of magic as we transition from celebrating Black History Month to honoring Women’s History Month—two back-to-back affirmations of Black women’s power, resilience, and brilliance. Though society may try to overlook our impact, history tells a different story. From politics

Robert G. Clark, who was elected in 1967 as Mississippi’s first Black lawmaker of the 20th century and rose to the second-highest leadership role in the state House of Representatives, died Tuesday at age 96, his son said. Rep. Bryant Clark, who succeeded Robert Clark, said his father died of