Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts: A Five-Year Progress Assessment
Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts is the first systematic look at the impact of two landmark criminal justice reform laws passed in 2018.
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Exclusionary by Design: Zoning as a Tool of Exclusion in Boston’s Suburbs, 1920 to Today
Based on extensive review of local planning documents, state reports, and press coverage over the past 100 years, this report finds widespread use of zoning as a tool of social exclusion.
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A race/class analysis of the wealth distribution
In relative terms, Black and Latino Americans really are far more likely to be low-wealth. But it’s simultaneously true that most low-wealth families are white.
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The Role of Stocks and Retirement Accounts in the Black-White Wealth Gap
Stocks and retirement accounts are now estimated to account for roughly 37-38 percent of the Black-White wealth gap, up considerably from the late 1980s.
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Buy Back the Block: Examining Commercial Real Estate’s Potential to Boost Black Wealth
Just 3 percent of Black households own commercial real estate, compared to 8 percent of White households. Closing this gap may help reduce wealth inequality.
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9 Key Findings About Wealth in 2022
Newly released data from the Survey of Consumer Finances provide a picture of wealth coming out of the pandemic, revealing some surprising, largely positive, trends. Unfortunately, huge wealth inequality remains.
Read more Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts: A Five-Year Progress Assessment
Criminal Justice Reform in Massachusetts is the first systematic look at the impact of two landmark criminal justice reform laws passed in 2018.
Read the reportExclusionary by Design: Zoning as a Tool of Social Exclusion
Based on extensive review of local planning documents, state reports, and press coverage over the past 100 years, this report finds widespread use of zoning as a tool of social exclusion.
Read the report Exclusionary by Design: An Investigation of Zoning’s Use as a Tool of Race, Class, and Family Exclusion in Boston’s Suburbs, 1920 to Today
Based on extensive review of local planning documents, state reports, and press coverage over the past 100 years, this report finds widespread use of zoning as a tool of social exclusion.
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