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  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston

    In one room, a Haitian employee helped a woman put on leg braces and stand in front of her wheelchair for 45 seconds at a time as part of her physical therapy routine. “Good job, girl,” the staffer said when the final timer beeped. On the other side of the building, another Haitian worker leaned over a woman lying on a mat: “You OK?” the employee asked protectively.

  • 1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Katie Johnston

    Poverty, hunger, and chronic illness will likely increase while the wealthiest Americans reap huge tax breaks under the budget reconciliation bill passed by the House this week. The bill, which now heads to the Senate, would impose work requirements for Medicaid and expand them for SNAP benefits, and take food and health aid away from immigrants fleeing persecution who are here legally but don’t have green cards.

  • 1 month 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.

  • 2 months 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.

  • 2 months 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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