Unemployment is high for American workers, but the Massachusetts Congressional delegation won't touch one key issue related to it: foreign visas.
The unemployment rate in Massachusetts exceeded 15 percent in April. Business shutdowns and lost revenue in response to the coronavirus pandemic may result in fewer jobs than usual being available this summer. This comes at a time when high school and college-age Americans have more time to work and recent graduates of high school and college are seeking work.
An online petition is seeking to change the name of the nation's third oldest college from Yale to "Hale."
The idea is to replace a controversial colonial corporate figure who oversaw slave trading with the rhymes-with-Yale name of an American hero who died during the Revolutionary War.
