Latinos Face Greater Challenges In MA than In Any Other State

In one of the nation's richest states, many of the more than 800000 Latinos in Massachusetts are struggling to deal with threats of social ...

New report lays bare the origins of Mass. Latinos and struggles in ...

In one of the nation's richest states, many of the more than 800,000 Latinos in Massachusetts are struggling to deal with threats of social ...

Why the Latino Community is Critical to our Shared Future | Boston ...

The Opportunities section presents some challenges and areas for growth faced by the Latino community in Boston. Obstacles to higher education and limited ...

Invisible in any language: Mass. Latinos face intense inequality

But Latinos in Massachusetts, a rich mix of Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Brazilians, and more, fare worse than Latinos in any other state by ...

New Boston Indicators report sheds light on history, economic ...

The report traces the historical roots of the economic challenges facing Massachusetts Latino communities even before the pandemic.

With stronger economic concerns, Mass. Latinos more likely to vote

The 2022 report titled, "¡AVANCEMOS YA!: Persistent Economic Challenges and Opportunities Facing Latinos in Massachusetts," states that Latino ...

The racism in this blue state can be illustrated with one infuriating ...

Latinos in Massachusetts face the greatest risk of winding up in foster care in Massachusetts than they do in any other state in the country.

Mass. Latino communities are struggling with employment ...

Latinos in the state are also more likely than other groups to face food insecurity, the report found. About one in four Massachusetts Latinos ...

report - Boston Indicators

7 As with poverty and unemployment, Massachusetts Latinos face food insecurity rates that are substantially higher than for U.S. Latinos and other racial ...

¡Avancemos Ya! Persistent Economic Challenges and Opportunities ...

Still, a disproportionate share of the more than 800,000 Latinos in Massachusetts today experiences poverty and food insecurity, with low ...

The Gap with Non-Latinos in Massachusetts

Thus,. Latinas with similar characteristics face greater obstacles in providing for their children than Non-Latina women. 29.5%. 7.9%. 0%. 5%. 10%. 15%.

Powering Greater Boston's Economy

While Boston's Latino share is smaller than some other Massachusetts towns ... Latinos in Boston make up 16 percent of all Latinos in the state. The ...

The Struggle of Representation: Reflecting on our Latinidad through ...

According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, the odds that Latino high school students will go to college, and then earn a degree, are ...

Second-Generation Latino Immigrant Assimilation in Massachusetts

assimilate more quickly in the United States than those migrating from rural areas. ... the state Second-generation Latino immigrants in Massachusetts have faced ...

Research: Latinos Face Big Public Transportation Challenges

In Springfield, Massachusetts, 25% of Latinos reported that this was their primary means of transit [9]. In that same survey, 43% of respondents ...

Discrimination in the United States: Experiences of Latinos - PMC

Latinos in the United States report experiencing widespread discrimination in health care and other areas of their lives, at significantly higher levels than ...

2. Latinos have experienced widespread financial challenges during ...

Other difficulties asked about on the survey include trouble paying for medical care (19%), receiving unemployment benefits (17%) and losing ...

The Latinx Community's Struggle with Food Insecurity

This means that 1 in 6 Hispanic individuals in the United States are food insecure. Latino children are also more than twice as likely to face hunger as white ...

More Than 6 in 10 Hispanic Children's Households Experienced ...

Latinx families were among the hardest hit by COVID, both health-wise (they faced some of the highest rates of disease burden and COVID-related ...

The Challenges of Integration - Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies

In 2000, Hispanic immigrants typically resided in neighborhoods where more than one-third of their neighbors were also foreign born and where fewer than half of ...