Letters
There is a systemic set of needs to fill in tackling racial wealth gap
Our residents get credentials in tech, STEM, and other skilled fields but still do not get the quality jobs they are trained for.
Opinion
Communications 101: Closing the language barriers in state agencies
Inconsistent and often substandard language access practices across state government agencies continually hinder non-English speakers.
Opinion
To help close the wealth gap, put more money into Black and brown wealth managers’ hands
Of the roughly $69 trillion in wealth that is professionally managed in the United States, 98.7 percent is managed by firms owned by white men. You read that right: Firms owned by women and people of color control only 1.3 percent of that pie.
Opinion
Massachusetts’ failure to forestall growing segregation
The state’s failure to provide leadership for the past two decades has left Massachusetts schools highly segregated by race, ethnicity, and income.
Editorials
Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools
The DOE proposals would make it more onerous for schools to receive federal startup grants hurt existing charters, which serve mostly Black and Latino families.
Letters
Assessing the promise of upgraded Boston school buildings
Will the new plan actually provide expanded opportunity for students through authentic community engagement, transparency, and a clear equitable roadmap for the city’s schools?
Opinion
Why are Massachusetts Latinos struggling more than everybody else?
The state Latino poverty rate is nearly 5 percentage points higher than the national Latino rate, more than 6 percentage points higher than the state’s Black poverty rate, and more than three times as high than the state’s white poverty rate.
Editorials
The $8 figure that shamed Boston gets an update
Seven years after a Fed study exposed just how wide the region’s wealth gap remains, a welcome follow-up is in the works.