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With Salvadoran TPS in limbo, construction company owner contemplates what he’s built, and what he might have to leave behind
The uncertainty surrounding Salvadoran TPS has profound implications for a Malden man who has owned a construction company for 18 years.
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‘I’m not your neighbor’: In Southie, a few blocks away is a world apart
South Boston has some of the starkest income divides in Greater Boston, which is one of the most income-segregated metropolitan areas in the country, according to new MassINC research.
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Boston scraps overdue reparations report led by former Tufts professor accused of poor research
The city of Boston has decided to scrap a far-reaching report on the city’s legacy of slavery months after one of its researchers was accused of misrepresenting details central to her 2022 book on a slavery.
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Haitian TPS holders leave for Canada, taking skills and resources gained in Mass. with them
In all, more than 10,000 Haitians in the Massachusetts workforce who contributed roughly $480 million a year to the local economy are being forced out, according to an immigration policy organization.
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What happened when Boston’s real estate market found Montrose Street
We spent a year getting to know residents in an area where the risk of getting displaced is high.
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‘An attack on families and kids’: Healey slams Trump’s proposed Head Start changes
Governor Maura Healey called the Trump administration’s proposal to scale back regulations for the Head Start child-care program “reckless and wrongheaded.”
Data show staggering gaps in which families can’t afford a $400 emergency expense
New data show how the ability to cover a $400 emergency varies across Massachusetts by race and ethnicity, housing, education, and geography.
In deeply unequal Massachusetts, high home prices have helped fuel persistent racial wealth gap
A new landmark report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston shows Massachusetts' lofty housing prices have helped maintain, or perhaps deepen, the state’s stubborn racial wealth gap.