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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Like many cities across America, Lowell is struggling to find its economic footing as millions of blue-collar jobs in manufacturing, construction and transportation disappear , subject to offshoring and automation. Moureen’s economic ascent, however, may also depend on geography. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Why is this? According to findings from the left-leaning public policy organization Demos, the median white adult who attended college has 7.2 Indeed, being a black college dropout negatively affects earnings by at least $10 per hour, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute.