As experts fear a nationwide eviction crisis, a Times business reporter discusses the industry’s long-term problems and a nightmare in the making.

Millennials—the generational cohort born between 1981 and 1996—are now the largest generation in the U.S. labor force. Yet they have also earned the dubious distinction of experiencing two once-in-a-lifetime economic catastrophes before the oldest have even turned 40 years old. Consequently, the coronavirus pandemic is stretching Millennial parents to the breaking point and may set maternal labor force participation back decades.*

In America, how long you live depends on the color of your skin.

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate, making the California senator the first Black and South Asian American woman chosen for national office by a major political party.

Despite some recent good news about dwindling household debt, the financial health of U.S. consumers is rapidly deteriorating — and families with children are faring the worst.

The pandemic is making the maternal health care crisis worse. It doesn’t have to be this way.

More than 650 urban planning professionals signed a letter connecting design decisions to criminal justice outcomes.

In the nation’s capital, a Black woman makes 51 cents for every dollar a White man makes.

“If the world won’t help us survive, we can create our very own economy.”

“It’s just like really worsening an already bad situation in the Black community,” said Belinda Archibong, professor of economics at Barnard College. She said Black health and Black wealth are intertwined. And the only way to change the outlook for Black-owned businesses where COVID-19 has hit hard is to directly allocate funds to them.

“Folks are actually terrified of what a full count of Latinos can mean. But we’re not going anywhere. This is our country. We are American as everyone else. This fight doesn’t keep me up at night, it wakes me up every morning,” she said. “I want to make sure that I can take that political potential and turn it into political will.”

In addition to thousands of unregistered listings, The Times’ analysis found that more than 400 hosts listed two or more entire L.A. homes or apartments as short-term rentals on Airbnb in June. Doing so raises questions about whether they are violating the rule that limits each host to renting out their own primary residence.

Black-owned small businesses are closing at nearly twice the rate of small businesses overall, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found in a study published Tuesday. Data show a 41% drop in active Black-owned small businesses between February and April, compared with a 22% decline overall. Meanwhile, the number of active Latin business owners fell 32%, while Asian business owners declined 26% and white business owners, 17%.

But history has a way of confounding those who think they can control it.

Virginia’s Supreme Court has granted a request from Gov. Ralph Northam to temporarily stop evictions proceedings, extending protections for tenants who can’t pay their rent through the beginning of September.