Episodes

  • How Big is the Racial Homeownership Gap? Depends How You Slice the Data.

    How Big is the Racial Homeownership Gap? Depends How You Slice the Data.
    Oct 25 2023

    In this wonky (but still accessible!) research brief, we demonstrate a few different approaches for calculating homeownership rates by race and explain what each of them contributes to our understanding of racial wealth equity.

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    9 mins
  • Who is Some Other Race, the Second Largest Racial Group in Massachusetts?

    Who is Some Other Race, the Second Largest Racial Group in Massachusetts?
    Aug 31 2023

    The fastest-growing racial group on the 2020 Census was its least-defined group: Some Other Race. What goes into this un-category, and how should we understand its growth?
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    12 mins
  • New data show continued mental health struggles among Boston youth.

    New data show continued mental health struggles among Boston youth.
    Aug 31 2023

    New data from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey confirm the acceleration of some troubling mental health trends during the pandemic.
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    14 mins
  • A Primer on Children’s Savings Accounts: Their Promise and Limitations

    A Primer on Children’s Savings Accounts: Their Promise and Limitations
    Aug 22 2023

    As Children's Savings Accounts proliferate nationwide, this primer examines their common designs and goals, how they work in Massachusetts, and how adjusting their structure might help to close racial wealth inequities.

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    14 mins