economy

July is Disability Pride Month, a time to champion everyone who has a disability and to acknowledge the tremendous diversity within this community. For businesses, this month should be about not only recognizing the community, but learning how the disability community can bring value to the economy.

While the climate crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time, it does not register with the average voter, who is reasonably more concerned with being able to put food on the table and raise their family while costs for the basics continue to skyrocket.

Heather McGhee recently shared a few of the lessons she learned researching and writing her 2021 New York Times bestseller, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” with a large audience of educators at Brookline High School.

The economic effects of a raging pandemic are affecting people of all races, backgrounds, and educational levels. And an unfortunate pattern continues: families hardest hit by the Great Recession are again disproportionately affected.