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Source: Milko / Getty Black Women’s Equal Pay Day 2025 takes place amid massive cuts and attacks on programs and policies aimed at closing the economic gap experienced by Black women and their families. Recent reports of Black women’s high unemployment rates only further compound the challenges faced by Black women and their families.  Each year, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day marks the day in which Black women finally catch […]

Source: Fotosearch / Getty The last home of literary icon Zora Neale Hurston is getting a new chapter. Once at risk of being lost to development or demolition, the modest Fort Pierce, Florida, residence where Hurston spent her final years has been saved and is now on track to become a site of public remembrance and education thanks to The Conservation Fund. According to a press release issued by the […]

Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Donald Trump is barking over a proposed Democratic bill that would bar ICE and Border Patrol agents from wearing masks and covering their badges while on duty.  He’s claiming that Democrats “must hate America” for pushing such a bill. Which is ironic, given that Trump has spent years cheerleading for an American immigration policy that borrows its aesthetics and tactics straight from the Ku […]

Source: Irina Romanova / Getty While overall unemployment in the U.S. has remained steady in recent months, Black women are facing a troubling reversal. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, they are the only demographic to experience a rise in unemployment this year. Read more about how Black women are noticing a rise in unemployment. This is an unsettling trend that many experts warn may signal broader economic trouble […]