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Massachusetts at a glance
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Issues in Massachusetts
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Stories for Massachusetts
Told with Massachusetts’s own numbers. Open one to go down to your county, city and address.
- 69,000 Black men lost federal jobs. Why didn't anyone count them?About 69,000 fewer Black men work federal jobs than in 2024. Their count beside Black women, where it hit hardest, and who can act.Read the story ›
- Black voters moved in 2026. What did it win, and what comes next?A record 124 million voted. About 9 in 10 Black voters backed House Democrats, and five Black governors won. State by state, and what comes next.Read the story ›
- How do we raise Black children's reading, state by state?In New Jersey 1 in 4 Black fourth graders read at Proficient; nationwide it is 1 in 6. Where reading is rising, who decides, and what you can do.Read the story ›
Sources are named in each story: Census Bureau business surveys, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USAspending.gov, USDA, and state records. Benefits and federal awards are separate measures and are never added together. Every story ›
Reported in Black newspapers in Massachusetts
No recent reporting from Black newspapers in Massachusetts is on file yet.