When Francine Verdine took a job as a clerk at the Internal Revenue Service in Houston in 1983, it was supposed to be a stopgap until something better came along. She didn’t expect that 42 years later ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: People hold signs as they gather for a "Save the Civil Service" rally hosted by the American ...

Trump claimed to be the best president for Black folks since Abraham Lincoln, but his recent track record tells a totally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Denise Smith began working for the federal government a half century ago, during President Richard Nixon's administration. She was ...

Shirley Hopkins built careers for herself and countless other Black workers through a federal government job. While working in the National Institutes of Health's human resources office, she became ...

Black middle class built through federal labor is at risk amid sweeping budget cuts. For decades, federal employment has provided the Black middle class with stability and a pathway to building wealth ...

Whatever else Donald Trump intends with his assault on the federal workforce, labor unions, and the National Labor Relations Board, one potential effect is clear: a devastating blow to Black Americans ...

Since Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, one part of the electorate keeps coming up: the Black vote. Did Mamdani connect with Black voters, how did he ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school diploma. Glenn Flood worked his way up the career ladder to become a public affairs officer for former ...

More than a year into Donald Trump’s second term, Black middle- and working-class Americans face mounting economic, political, and social pressures tied to his policies. From dismantling federal ...

In 1982, Ebony magazine commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 1957 Central High crisis with a story titled “Little Rock Revisited.” The city had made halting progress over the past quarter-century, ...

Shirley Hopkins helped recruit countless Black students in Washington, D.C., for the National Institutes of Health's internship and youth employment programs before retiring to Clinton, Md. Her career ...