"There's a lot of research that talks about the fragility of the Black middle class, how the Black middle class in some ... Worried about how she would make her mortgage and car payments without ...

“There’s a lot of research that talks about the fragility of the Black middle class, how the Black middle ... how she would make her mortgage and car payments without federal employment ...

Worried about how she would make her mortgage and car payments without federal ... programs are upending a path into the middle class for many Black workers. It began when World War II brought ...

For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts... Federal work shaped a Black middle class.