Katie Johnston
Reporter at The Boston Globe
Boston Globe reporter covering work and income inequality [email protected]
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1 week ago |
bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston
Are you as surprised as we are that the month of April has already slipped by? And kicking yourself that you didn’t get around to submitting your company for the Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work rankings? Rest easy — now you have another month to let the world know how much you love your workplace. So far, more than 250 Massachusetts employers have signed up for the 18th annual awards honoring public, private, government, and nonprofit organizations with 50 or more employees in the state.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston |Janelle Nanos
And amid the chaos, business owners are beginning to wrestle with a difficult question: Who’ll fill all their jobs if immigrants go away? With many businesses — from construction and landscaping to hotels and gift shops — gearing up for spring, the Trump administration’s revocation of protections for various immigrant groups is straining an already-tight labor market.
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2 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston
Dawn Hines had just finished a quick grocery run when she realized all the SNAP funds had been drained from her card — $608 gone in the 10 minutes it took to get through the checkout line at the Braintree Stop & Shop, walk back to her car, and check her account. Hines is one of thousands of low-income Massachusetts families that collectively had millions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds stolen in recent months.
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4 weeks ago |
bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston
It’s been almost two years since Hannah Tower applied for a child-care subsidy for her youngest son, Cooper, now almost 3. Tower, a single mother in Dudley, had just finished training to become a certified phlebotomist and EKG tech, and was ready to find a job. But vouchers for families like hers, who qualify based on their income, have been frozen for a year. And without this financial assistance, Tower can’t send Cooper to day care, which means that Tower, 34, can’t work.
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1 month ago |
bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston
Tariffs are expected to increase prices on just about everything — from food and clothing to cars and housing — and these rising costs will have a disproportionate impact on low-income residents. So far, all the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration this year, including those announced last week, are expected to cost the average household $3,800 a year, according to Yale University. And the poorest families? It’s about $1,700 a year.
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