Boston continues to see population increase
The city’s population increased 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011, new US Census data shows.
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JAMES ROOSEVELT JR. AND ROBERT L. REYNOLDS
How to fix Social Security
- Social Security needs to be preserved, and the system should be backed up by a robust private workplace savings system that all working Americans have access to.
(CHRISTOPHER SERRA FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE)
7 billion reasons for hope
THERE ARE now 7 billion people on the planet, according to the United Nations, and this is much more of a blessing than a curse. While more people means more mouths to feed, it also means more minds to solve humanity’s problems.
Challenges loom as world population hits 7 billion
- As of Oct. 31, according to the U.N. Population Fund, there will be 7 billion people sharing Earth’s land and resources.
Census figures show sharp increase in Mass. minority population
- The Asian, Hispanic, and black population in Massachusetts increased sharply in the past decade, with the first two groups rising 46 percent, and the latter group 26 percent, according to new US Census figures released today.
