EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, racial and class inequality was a pervasive characteristic of the American economy. Whether measured by earnings, wealth, job quality, educational attainment, or virtually any other marker […]
Katherine Newman
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UMass Bayside deal is about a lot more than money
IT’S RARE FOR THOSE OF US in public life to have the opportunity to make a profound and lasting difference for the people we serve. That’s why we are so […]
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Trump’s Vietnamese policy is abhorrent
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is attempting to deport Vietnamese immigrants and refugees who arrived in the US more than 20 years ago, ignoring a commitment honored by two previous presidents and […]
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Something’s new this year at UMass Boston
NEXT WEEK, as students return to University of Massachusetts Boston, a number of them will do something no one has done in the school’s history: Live on campus. For the […]