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Title: Race to Equity: The State of Black Massachusetts

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Our Commonwealth does best when everyone has the ability to reach their full potential and contribute to our society and economy. For our state to prosper, we all need jobs with decent pay, good public schools, safe and affordable housing, healthy places to live, and reliable transportation among other essentials. Yet these essentials are often not available to many people, particularly those who live in low-income communities and communities of color. This reduces their opportunities to thrive. Massachusetts, one of the wealthiest states in the nation, has the ability to build an economy in which everyone can participate fully. Our Commonwealth has taken some important steps to improve people’s lives. Because of public investments, Massachusetts’ students are at or close to the top in most academic measures. A greater percentage of people in the Commonwealth have health insurance than anywhere else in the U.S. The Commonwealth increased the minimum wage and boosted the state’s contribution to the Earned Income Tax Credit to increase after-tax incomes for low-wage workers. Most workers in Massachusetts also have access to earned paid sick time so they can care for themselves or their families without the risk of losing income or their jobs. But there is much more we can do to make sure that everyone in Massachusetts regardless of their race, ethnicity, or neighborhood, has . . .

Url: http://www.massbudget.org/reports/pdf/SoBM - Final Version - Kids Count.pdf

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Authors: Rodriguez, Nicole; Jones, Colin; Tittmann, Mary; Wagman, Nancy

Publisher: Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center

Data Collections: IPUMS USA, IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS

Topics: Other, Race and Ethnicity

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