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Nonprofits aim to address worsened food insecurity in Boston

Isabella Abraham April 15, 2021
One year in, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to leave many Boston residents facing food insecurity.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With a View: Will artificial intelligence send us to hell or create it?

Antonia Lehnert April 4, 2021
It is nearly impossible to separate technology that can help versus harm us, but we must try to draw the line.
Boston University’s School of Social Work hosted a virtual panel on Nov. 17 to discuss health care equity in the United States and the responsibility of the Biden administration to tackle disparities in health care. CONNOR ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Social workers discuss health care inequalities on ‘vulnerable populations’ post-election

Connor Allen November 24, 2020
Boston University’s School of Social Work held a panel discussion Nov. 17 on health care equity in the United States and the steps that should be taken during the next four years.
Vanessa Bartlett/DFP STAFF

2020 Breakdown: Could a second wave of pandemic aid finally be on the way?

Gabriella Aponte October 13, 2020
Through all of the human suffering and economic destruction caused by the coronavirus pandemic, both sides of the aisle have managed to sit idly by as they watch the country burn.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Billionaires Will Continue to Act Immorally — Tax Them

Luca Becker September 29, 2020
The American people must call for change. In a climate where the same wealth inequalities that plagued their grandparents are being exacerbated, citizens must ask themselves if billionaires should even exist.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Graduate school provides great opportunities before entering job force

Alexia Nizhny September 28, 2020
Graduate school wasn’t always on my radar for post-grad plans. But after looking through the pros and cons, getting a master’s degree seems like a very promising endeavor as opposed to the questionable, and very stressful, job hunt that would usually await a senior in college.
East to West: Sept. 25, 2020

East to West: Sept. 25, 2020

Justin Tang September 25, 2020

Happy fall! Wrap up this week with some Daily Free Press news, including why in-person students are dissatisfied with online classes, how BU Admissions plans to conduct virtual campus tours, and more. FEATURING:...

Massachusetts dropped from first to seventh place among states with the highest employment in the United States from July to August. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts now has seventh highest unemployment in U.S.

Madison Mercado September 22, 2020
Massachusetts no longer has the country’s highest unemployment rate.

Massachusetts unemployment rate decreases with job availability

Gabrielle Turi January 23, 2018

  The Massachusetts unemployment rate dropped from 3.6 percent to 3.5 percent over the course of the month of December, remaining below the national rate of 4.1 percent. Despite the decrease...

A Friday report released by The Federal Reserve Bank of New York indicates a decrease in unemployment of recent college grads between September 2014 and September 2015. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Recent graduates’ unemployment rate decline sets “positive attitude”

Paige Smith February 4, 2016

The unemployment rate for recent U.S. college graduates between 22 and 27 years old has fallen from 5.3 percent in September 2014 to 4.9 percent in September 2015, according to a Friday report by...

An estimated 1,200 jobs were added in the month of October, however, the unemployment rate remains at 6 percent, according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. GRAPHIC BY EMILY ZABOSKI/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. adds approximately 1,200 jobs in October

Paige Smith November 25, 2014

Although the Massachusetts unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6 percent in October, the Commonwealth saw an increase of 1,200 jobs throughout the month, according to a Thursday bi-monthly report...

U.S. economy to catch up to Mass., report suggests

Daily Free Press Admin November 18, 2013

Massachusetts has recovered from the recession of 2008 at a faster rate compared to the rest of the country, but that advantage will soon disappear, a Wednesday report from the New England Economic Partnership...

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