Black folks, it’s easy to feel discouraged in a world like today’s– where political violence and anti-Black policies are championed. But we also know Black Americans are some of the most resilient ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sophia A. Nelson covers EIQ, Culture, DEI, Politics, & Lifestyle. A cooling economy combined with an aggressive retreat from ...

Black people in America are facing an employment crisis, one that the Trump administration helped to create and deliberately worsened. Early promises of “efficiency” and “cutting waste” have instead ...

Data on spending this week shows that consumers are shopping big for the holidays despite inflation and economic worries. By Kailyn Rhone Even at a time of inflation, tariff concerns and economic ...

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The White House is looking at these numbers as evidence of a thriving economy; however, others see signals of weak consumer confidence. The numbers are in from the 2025 Black Friday shopping holiday, ...

Data for Thanksgiving weekend shows consumers shopped at encouraging levels, but underlying details about spending patterns suggest this may not have been the economic boon the administration believes ...

If there’s one thing Black folks have always understood, it’s the power of community. Now more than ever, we need to leverage the power of community, given how the current socio-economic landscape is ...

Shoppers inside a Miniso store in the Serramonte Mall on Black Friday in Daly City, California, US, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. US consumers are heading into the official start of the holiday shopping ...

I feel like I can’t go a day without reading negative headlines on how Americans view President Donald Trump and his economy, as the first year of his second term comes to a close. (Yes, we’re only ...

Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online. Adobe ...

NEW YORK — Black Friday may no longer be the retail bacchanalia of years past, when the promise of one-time bargains caused people to leave Thanksgiving tables for malls where some customers got into ...