For decades, federal employment has provided the Black middle class with stability and a pathway to building wealth. Now, sweeping federal budget cuts threaten this key avenue for economic ascent.

Countless Black workers may be at risk following reports of President Donald Trump's plans for the United States Postal ...

FEDERAL JOB CUTS under Trump threaten the Black middle class, disproportionately affecting Black employees across agencies. Credit: Aaron Kittredge/Pexels by ReShonda Tate Houston Defender For decades ...

They say one thing being lost in the attacks on the federal workforce is its important history as a stepping stone into the middle class for minorities when paths were limited, in particular for Black ...

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 ...

Finding employment in the federal civil service has long been seen as driving the rise of the Black middle class, where decades ago Black Americans could enter lower level government jobs and rise ...

Wins from the Civil Rights Movement supercharged those gains by opening more of the economy to Black people. By 1998, about 40% of African Americans considered themselves middle class, according ...

Black middle class built through federal labor is at risk amid sweeping budget cuts. For decades, federal employment has provided the Black middle class with stability and a pathway to building ...

The result was a rise in the Black middle class, especially in places like Washington, D.C., where workers entered the system in lower-level jobs but rose through the ranks based on performance ...

To These Black Retirees, the Federal Civil Service Now Under Attack Was a Path to the Middle Class WASHINGTON (AP) — Evelyn Seabrook was able to buy a home even though she had only a high school ...