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Building a diverse construction industry
Companies owned and managed by women and people of color are underrepresented in construction. Those of us on the ground competing for construction contracts are all too aware of the obstacles that are even more challenging in this post-pandemic era of inflationary costs and limited resources.
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Rip current of total disregard
Are faithful, seasoned and concerned citizens growing tired and weary of trying to fight against those who are undermining the very fabric of our democratic republic?
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Diaspora dreams; how we come together and stay together
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Diaspora dreams; how we come together and stay together
There is an unspoken thought that while there is enough room for us in Boston, we rarely come together. Could the answer to this question simply be venturing into the spaces of our counterparts? Can a native-born Black American find solace at a West African restaurant in Roxbury? Can an Afro-Latina experience community at the Haitian parade?
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Credit reporting topped 2022 CFPB debt collection complaints
Despite the rate of inflation slowing from last year’s 40-year high, elevated household costs still plague most families.
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FHA increases housing affordability for borrowers
Beginning March 20, a recent move by the Biden Administration will make owning a home more affordable for current and prospective homebuyers.
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One year later, what did we learn from ‘the slap’?
In one dumb and embarrassing split-second, Will Smith and Chris Rock managed to reinforce a couple of the worst stereotypes about Black males.
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The scrutiny of Kamala Harris
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The scrutiny of Kamala Harris
After two years in office, Harris struggles to carve out a lane for herself, and she feels the weight of being the first Black and Asian American to be the nation’s VP.
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CFPB aims for crackdown on junk fees, late charges
Amid still-rising interest rates, most families remain financially challenged to make household needs fit into their budgets. For Black Americans, whose wealth on average amounts to 25 cents for every $1 of white family wealth, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the challenge is especially daunting. 
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The limited efficacy of body cameras
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The limited efficacy of body cameras
Many advocates for the use of body cameras on police were quick to credit them for outing the cops that bludgeoned Tyre Nichols. Without the body cameras and the relatively speedy release of the grotesque footage of the Nichols assault, the five cops that beat him almost certainly would have walked free. This is a false hope.
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Separate has never been equal. Let’s not try it again
A recent paper from MIT Blueprint Labs relies on MCAS results in arguing for what would be a historic policy change: a full return to neighborhood schools.
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Unaffordable rental costs now plague 44 million
For the first time in more than two decades of research, every state now has renters who are nearing a financial breaking point in housing affordability.
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A wake-up call
As a Black man and retired police officer, I have been crying quite a bit lately. Crying from a deep sense of outrage, grief, shame and fear.
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