10% of Massachusetts workforce can’t speak much English: Report

About 10% of Massachusetts’ workforce has “limited English proficiency,” according to a new report from two DEI-advocacy organizations. On Monday, MassINC, a nonprofit that promotes “inclusive” economic opportunity in Massachusetts, and the UMass Donahue Institute, which wants to “advance equity and social justice” as part of the University of Massachusetts President’s Office’s public and economic […]

Nearly half a million working-age Massachusetts residents lack English proficiency: report

A new report finds that more than 450,000 Massachusetts residents have limited English proficiency. The Boston Herald reported. The situation represents “another challenge for an economy that continues to lose many taxpayers to other states with lower taxes and costs of living.” Reports, A study released Wednesday by MassInc and UMass Donahue estimates there are […]

Four Migrants Dead in English Channel

Britain’s border control woes continued, with four more people killed on Friday morning after being forced onto an unseaworthy boat by murderous human traffickers. French navy patrol boats and coast guard helicopters rescued around 60 migrants from a capsized rubber boat off the French coast of Boulogne-sur-Mer, south of Calais, on Friday night and morning. […]

‘Am I Speaking English to You?’

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) expressed frustration when a reporter asked her about President Joe Biden’s future, even as she acknowledged she believes Biden can win. “With all due respect, I’m not talking to you or anybody else about what I’m talking about with the president,” Pelosi told ABC. Senior Congressional Correspondent As I was walking […]