As of January, the white unemployment rate stands at 3.4% while the Black unemployment rate sits at 5.3%, a ratio of 1.55 to one, BLS data showed. "Employers in the past that may have stereotyped ...

Black smoke emerging from the chimney means the world's 1.4 billion Catholics don't yet have a new pope. White smoke means the cardinals have chosen a new leader of the church.

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21.

Black smoke indicates a non-conclusive answer, and white smoke indicates that a new pope has been selected. Here's what to know about the black and white smoke used during a papal conclave.

The gap between Black and White homeownership in the US is significant and difficult to narrow, and its persistence has reduced the ability for Black families to create and pass down wealth for ...