His testimony isn't until tomorrow, but we already know how fired FBI Director James Comey will start things out. On Wednesday afternoon, the Senate Intelligence Committee released Comey's opening statement , in which he recalls President Donald Trump telling him “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” Comey also confirmed that he told then-President-elect Trump that the FBI was not investigating him personally. Comey’s statement was posted following a committee hearing in which the nation’s top intelligence officials testified before Senate lawmakers and refused to disclose details of their reported interactions with Trump and his administration. So what does this all mean for tomorrow’s high-profile hearing? Kirsten Hughes, chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, and Jesse Mermell, who served as former Governor Deval Patrick’s communications director, to sort out the latest developments.
Most of the conversations on issues of racism and inequality in Boston recently have been centered on just two groups — black and white, but today, a new report by the Boston Foundation is taking a deeper dive on the city’s Latino community, which makes up roughly 20 percent of the population. The report found that Latinos are the fastest growing community in the city and contribute an estimated $9B to the area economy. The problem is that one in three Latinos over age 25 does not have a high school diploma and one in four is not considered proficient in English, which means far less access to high-paying jobs. Zamawa Arenas, founder and CEO of Flowetik, a brand marketing consulting firm and Reinier Moquete, CEO of Advoqt, co-founder of the Latino STEM Alliance and founder of the Diversity IT Network, joined Jim to discuss the report’s findings. Both Arenas and Moquete also serve as members of the Latino Legacy Fund advisory board at the Boston Foundation.
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