Percentage of Massachusetts adults who are women: 52% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Percentage of seats in the Massachusetts Legislature held by women: 29% MassForward: Advancing Democratic Innovation and Electoral Reform in Massachusetts
Number of votes by which Boston elected its first Latina city councilor in 2019: 1 Boston Elections Commission
Percentage of U.S. labor force that is Hispanic: 17% UMass Center for Employment Equity analysis of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data in The Conversation
Percentage of U.S. executives who are Hispanic: 4.3% UMass Center for Employment Equity analysis of U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data in The Conversation
Percentage of Americans who said in 2015 that technology companies had a positive impact on the U.S.: 71% Pew Research Center
Percentage who said so four years later: 50% Pew Research Center
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John O. Harney is executive editor of The New England Journal of Higher Education.
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