Policy

PFP advocates for evidence-based policies to bring needed reforms to the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth Fault Lines

Decades after Brown v. Board sought to end racial discrimination as a formal feature of public education, the Commonwealth’s schools remain starkly segregated. While reforms since 1993 have improved academic outcomes for all racial subgroups, they have not dismantled the racist exclusion undergirding Massachusetts’ public education system.

Our Democracy is Having an Off-Day

Today, essentially no elected officials in Massachusetts face the full electorate. Beyond local elections, our state legislative elections are overwhelmingly uncontested and one party holds supermajority control in both chambers. Even elections for statewide offices like governor are held in non-presidential election years, when turnout is far lower.

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