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Black unemployment rose from 6.2% in January 2025 to 7.5% by December.Black unemployment surged to 7.5% by December 2025, a level that would signal a recession if it were reflected across the national workforce. But the latest ‘State of the Dream 2026’ report makes clear the damage extends far beyond jobs. From broadband access and housing to artificial intelligence and federal workforce policy, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies finds that 2025 marked a sharp economic breakdown for Black America driven by policy reversals and the removal of long-standing safeguards.Released this week, ‘State of the Dream 2026: from…

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The IRS began accepting 2025 federal income tax return filings on Monday.Not an early bird? No problem. You have until Wednesday, April 15, to file your return and pay any remaining taxes you still owe for last year.But if you think you’ll need more time to file, just request an automatic six-month extension to avoid a failure-to-file penalty. Remember, though, that you still must pay any remaining taxes you owe to the IRS no later than April 15 to avoid the failure-to-pay penalty.Filers who live or do business in a federally declared disaster area may get an automatic extension to…

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Sarah Steele and Philip Ettinger appear in “Crisis Actor” by Lily Platt, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival (Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Leo Zhang). New York City-based filmmaker Lily Platt’s new short “Crisis Actor” made its debut at this year’s Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25. Platt’s film stars Sarah Steele as Celine, a chaotic aspiring actress who, after losing her day job, crashes an Al-Anon support group, meets a boy there (Philip Ettinger), and eventually has to come to terms with her compulsive need to lie. This is Platt’s first film at…

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Austin saw a modest increase in traffic incidents over the weekend due to icy roads, but far less than the 2023 and 2021 ice storms, though the number of incidents has escalated quickly as the work week begins. Source (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by PostX News and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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