Despite historic gains in degrees and entrepreneurship, nearly 600,000 Black women were “economically sidelined” in 2025 ...

Phanuelle Manuel said having a fellow Black woman as a mentor helped her visualize a future in computer science. Manuel, and hundreds of other high school students, received training, mentorship and ...

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In 1993, one of us began a prestigious internship at a federal agency. During orientation, a lineup of high-ranking officials, nearly all White, save one person of color, addressed the interns. When ...

President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. Dr. Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, was ...