Among the flurry of bills passed in the five-day January lame duck session in Springfield was the Predatory Loan Prevention Act, a measure that would cap interest rates for consumer…
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Pods, also known as learning hubs or study halls, have been slower to arrive in low-income communities. But in the last six months they have increasingly popped up in churches,…
GLOUCESTER — A bright blue sky arched over Rocky Neck earlier this week, crisp and spotless not a full day after an obscuring winter storm would have made downtown Gloucester,…
WOMEN ENDED 2020 with 5.4 million fewer jobs than they had in February 2020, prior to the start of the pandemic. December unemployment figures showed that employers cut 140,000 jobs in December alone…
Massachusetts high school students learning from home during the pandemic report feeling less excited about learning, less prepared for college, and less challenged in class than those learning fully in…
As the leader of a nonprofit organization in Boston, I have heard firsthand how many of our students and staff from communities of color are regularly stopped, terrorized, and arrested…
In his first week in the White House, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will help expand the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address the growing problem…
“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good” One of the absolute blessings of being involved with Life Science Cares is that I get to meet and interact with…
Life Science Cares Boston, a nonprofit organization that aims to harnesses the collective power of the industry to fight inequity, said Monday that it’s expanding. At the annual J.P. Morgan…
As hunger in Massachusetts reaches unprecedented levels, McAleer’s organization is connecting people to food pantries and advocating for systemic change to public policy. Read the full story here.
