The middle class is generally made up of people who fit some combination of the three. (This is not to say, for instance, that every 45-year-old black college grad is middle class.) The Fed ...

They played a crucial role in helping Black workers like Verdine join the middle class and thrive. But vast cuts by the Trump administration, led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government ...

Trump and DOGE's job cuts and DEI scrutiny have threatened a pathway to the American Dream for these Black federal workers.

A herd of African elephants instinctively formed an "alert circle" to protect the younger elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park as a 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Southern California on Monday.

The cuts to federal government jobs coupled with gutting of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission could harm Black and brown Americans.

For decades, federal government jobs have allowed Black Americans to enter the middle class after historically facing work discrimination in the private sector. “This is going to supremely ...

In Baltimore and Baltimore County, Black full-time federal workers earn a median income about $30,000 higher than other Black ...

Black Americans are calling for a focus on tangible outcomes and investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities ...

New data shows just how much a household needs to earn to be middle class — and how many aren’t earning enough.

Denise Smith began working for the federal government a half century ago, during President Richard Nixon's administration. She was still in high school when she accepted a post as a Navy intern in ...