Darias Brown speaks to a recruiter at a job fair in Chicago. At 3.6 percent, the overall April unemployment rate is at its lowest since 1969, but among Blacks it’s 6.7 percent, 86 percent higher than the national average. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) While data shows the unemployment rates …

Screenshot: KSWB San Diego On Thurday, US army 2nd Lt. Gibram Cruz discovered a hard truth: that his country ain’t loyal. Cruz and his family had been trying for months to convince officials to let his mother, Rocio Rebollar Gomez, remain in the United States, but on Thursday he got …

Pregnancy can cause discomfort and pain in many parts of the body. When these sensations occur in the chest, the cause is often pressure from the growing fetus, acid reflux, or other relatively harmless issues. In rare cases, this chest pain can result from cardiovascular issues or complications of pregnancy. …

Adobe Stock Images The video went viral and inflamed nerves almost instantly: a little white girl who screamed and flung away her Black doll Christmas gift while her family recorded and chuckled at her. Now the girl’s older sister has gone on social media to try to explain that the …

Typically, when the U.S. is threatened—as the Trump administration says it was with an “imminent” Soleimani-planned attack—voters have tended to stand behind the president. George W. Bush’s approval rating jumped about 40 points, reaching 90 percent, in the days after the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to Gallup. (The good …

Although a vaccine for dementia is a long way down the road, researchers recently made a few tentative steps closer. The authors of a recent study in mice hope that in the coming years, they can move into human trials. Share on PinterestScientists believe that they are on the path …

147 million people are eligible to receive part of the Equifax settlement.(Photo: Adobe Stock) Many Americans may qualify for compensation as a result of a $700 million settlement Equifax reached with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week for its 2017 data breach. The breach affected 147 million Americans, and …

Longtime Rutgers women’s basketball coach, C. Vivian Stringer, offered her condolences to the family of Don Imus.  The late shock jock called Stringer’s Scarlet Knights team “nappy headed hos” during a broadcast in 2007.  According to the New York Daily News, Stringer read from a prepared statement saying “prayers go …

Many researchers have argued that the accumulation of toxic beta-amyloid in the brain causes Alzheimer’s. However, a new study offers some evidence contradicting this sequence. Share on PinterestNew research is questioning the predominant hypothesis that a buildup of beta-amyloid causes Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease affects over 5.5 million people in …

Getty Images An Ulta Beauty Store in New Jersey has been called out by a Black woman who claims an employee said her “skin was too dark for most colors in the store.” In Instagram and Facebook posts, Ebony Kankam London detailed her Dec. 28 experience at an Ulta store …