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Breaking Down Asset Types by Race
Homes make up around half of total assets for Black and Latino families, and around a quarter for White families and slightly more for Asian families
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The systemic and structural inequities at the core of our region’s disparities cannot be dismantled without extraordinary perseverance and collaboration among visionary and courageous partners, donors and leaders. Together we can improve lives and strengthen communities.
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We acknowledge and recognize that we do not all start from the same place. Equity focuses on systemic, systems-level change that works to adjust imbalances and repair historical harms. Together we can improve lives, strengthen communities and build a better—and more equal—Boston.
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Global Greater Boston: Immigrants in a Changing Region
Where in the world immigrants come from has changed significantly over the last generation.
Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts: A Five-Year Progress Assessment
Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts is the first systematic look at the impact of two landmark criminal justice reform laws passed in 2018.
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Mass. Migration: An Analysis of Outmigration from Massachusetts Over the Last Two Decades
Domestic outmigration has increased across Massachusetts, with 25-44-year-olds making up the largest group leaving by age.
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A race/class analysis of the wealth distribution
In relative terms, Black and Latino Americans really are far more likely to be low-wealth. But it’s simultaneously true that most low-wealth families are white.
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Exclusionary by Design
Based on extensive review of local planning documents, state reports, and press coverage over the past 100 years, this report finds widespread use of zoning as a tool of social exclusion
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