FOOD INSECURITY, DEPRESSION, and unemployment are the top three issues impacting Latino residents in Massachusetts during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey conducted by the MassINC Polling Group. Twenty percent of Latinos are unemployed, a figure higher than the state’s overall highest-in-the-nation rate of 17.4 percent, according to the poll. Over a third say they have gotten food […]
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Mass. doesn’t have to be worst state for Latinos
WHETHER OUR ANCESTORS have been here for generations or if we are the first generation of Americans, Latinos have deep roots in the communities in which we live. We are students, workers, entrepreneurs, business owners, and families whose residency enhances the community’s culture and is tied to its prosperity. We are also the fastest-growing demographic […]