After a decline during the mid-20th century, we’re now several decades into a new global wave of immigration, bringing Boston back to its roots as a city of immigrants.
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Boston’s booming economy has many benefits, but it’s still leaving too many families behind. Economic mobility is down. Our middle class is hollowing out. Racial disparities persist.
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Massachusetts is one of the richest states in the country, so we ought to be able to provide everyone a basic standard of living. And yet Massachusetts has a poverty rate higher than 24 other states.
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Local zoning has often been used to reinforce and even create patterns of residential segregation, a situation exacerbated by the small physical size of our cities and towns.
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A growing federal effort to limit immigration to the U.S. has had substantial impact on families, communities and the legal system in Massachusetts.
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There’s a complex history to how the Census asks about race and ethnicity – one that complicates our ability to track important demographic changes.
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