by Cherry Salazar | Mar 31, 2025 | Economy, Featured, Housing, Jobs, Newest, Personal Income
The housing crisis is putting a strain on wildland firefighters’ families, making it harder for them to remain in service and hinting at a looming crisis for first responders. When Janelle Valentine was nursing her first child, her husband, Patrick, was fighting...
by E Fajardo-Alvarez | Jun 30, 2024 | Jobs, Newest
Mateo Pierce-Mosquera, a 24-year old Latino, graduated in 2021 from the University of Southern Carolina. After graduating he moved to Washington D.C., far from his native Illinois, where immediately he realized the importance of networking. “The relationships you form...
by D Escamillafuentes | May 18, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Immigration, Jobs
A month after immigrating to the U.S. from Afghanistan, cousins Zaki Yousafi and Edris Baraka secured a job with Blue Diamond Construction. They had the skills and the experience since they owned a construction company in Afghanistan but a booming industry and major...
by Emily Davis | May 6, 2024 | Featured, Jobs
The runaway train of the recent labor market slowed down in April, in a welcome – albeit unexpected – break from ongoing concerns over inflation in the economy. The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a marked...
by Jiana Smith | Apr 7, 2024 | Economy, Featured, Jobs
Job gains will likely continue into the month of March, following three months of unexpectedly strong gains despite high interest rates from the Federal Reserve. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its monthly Employment Situation Summary on Friday. Economists...
by Mariam Kiparoidze | Jun 10, 2023 | Economy, Jobs
Photo by Microsoft 365 on Unsplash Imani Watts and Alex Hadley, both 24, had always been interested in thrifting and fashion. In the spring of 2020, they had a chance to take over a space where a thrift shop had to shut down because of the pandemic, and turned their...
