Equity

“Latino-owned businesses rose by nearly 48% between 2017 and 2023,” said Marketplace senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.

Athletics give students — and future workers — a foundation of discipline, commitment, and practice, says BlackRock’s Jabari Magnus.

Amid demographic shifts and a decline in the number of college-age students, Messina College in Brookline is appealing to one population group that is still growing: Latino students.

People without a high school diploma earn roughly $10,000 less per year than those with one, a gap that adult education programs, which are largely free, are designed to close.

Since the pandemic, men are getting their hair cut less often.

Just over half can cover costs for themselves and their families with what they’re bringing home from work.

“The Black unemployment rate has always exceeded other groups,” said CBPP Chief Economist Gbenga Ajilore. “But what's different is that there's a bigger jump, and this is more sustained, and it's more long running.”

Janie Trinh and Stephanie Ellingwood talk about opening Untamed Spirits, the first women’s sports bar in LA.

There’s work people do in this economy that goes untaxed and untracked. Think babysitting, dog walking, and basically any job that involves some kind of informal arrangement.

Countries that have their own refineries and reserves, and that can afford to pay, are facing high oil and gas prices but not shortages. Other countries can't get what they need and are rationing fuel.