Money and Career

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3+ day, 31+ min ago   (310+ words) Following months of fluctuating numbers, the August jobs report showed that Black unemployment fell to 6%, down from 6.3% in July. Overall, the nation’s unemployment rate held at 4.1%, and employers added 162,000 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The August…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (82+ words) KUTV WHO Lives: Creating Access, Empowering Young Women, and Changing Lives KUTV — David Osmond sat down with John and Nicci Renouard to hear about their nonprofit foundation, WHO Lives, dedicated to providing water to communities all over the world. They…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (347+ words) No White After Labor Day? How Black Culture Turned An Old-Money Rule Into An All-White Tradition The funny part is that the original rule had very little to do with Black culture at all. Labor Day simply offered a convenient…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (207+ words) A new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper from scholars at Harvard University, Cornell University, and the U.S. Census Bureau has found that while increases in neighborhood integration have led to increased rates of interclass marriage, neighborhood integration does not…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (623+ words) We should recommit ourselves to building an economy in which Black women have access to good jobs with fair wages and benefits. Every Labor Day, we pause to honor the workers who keep this country moving. This year, I am…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (889+ words) National Park ServiceMaggie Lena Walker devoted herself to improving the lives of Black Americans. Born enslaved during the Civil War, Maggie Lena Walker grew up in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy. But during her life, she made…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (499+ words) DONEGAL entrepreneur and DkIT Master’s student Niamh Murphy is turning her personal experience into a business with a social purpose of supporting single-parent families after spending the summer developing One Parent Matters through the national Student Inc programme. Niamh, from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (97+ words) WHUR 96.3 FM When it comes to Black women and the workplace, we know there are glass ceilings. There are obstacles to advancement, being excluded from C-suite meetings and conversations, even just struggling to inding a smooth career path. But in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (568+ words) Individually, these incidents may be defended as harmless. Collectively, however, they can become exhausting, because the woman on the receiving end has another decision to make. Does she challenge the comment, ignore it, explain why it is offensive or protect…...