A new academic paper by authors Tara Goddard, Kelcie Ralph, Calvin G. Thigpen and Evan Iacobucci says that if reporters could shift away from victim-blaming news coverage, politicians would be forced to truly address the problem of vehicle violence. A team of...
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NJ may be vulnerable to the next economic downturn
New Jersey may be vulnerable to the next economic downtown, according to a new report released Tuesday by New Jersey Policy Perspective, just as it was with the Great Recession. Authored by a practicum of Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public...
Preparing New Jersey for the Next Economic Downturn: Insights from the Great Recession
Just as New Jersey was not prepared to weather the Great Recession, the state is once again vulnerable to a future economic downturn, according to a new report released today by New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP). Authored by a practicum of graduate students from...
Red Bank: Rethinking Shrewsbury Avenue
Held at the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center on Drs. James Parker Boulevard, the session was led by graduate students in urban planning at Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. They’re participating in a “design studio”...
Rutgers professors co-sign 'climate emergency' report
A “climate emergency” has been declared in a new report signed by 11,258 academics from around the world, including two professors from Rutgers University, according to an article in The Washington Post. Michael Lahr, a research professor at the Edward J....
Rutgers professors co-sign ‘climate emergency’ report
A “climate emergency” has been declared in a new report signed by 11,258 academics from around the world, including two professors from Rutgers University, according to an article in The Washington Post. Michael Lahr, a research professor at the Edward J. Bloustein...
Red Bank "magic wand" ideas sought
Here’s a ‘magic wand’ question for you: if you could instantly transform Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank, what would it become? Ditto for creating direct access to the Navesink River from Broad Street: what’s your dream? Borough residents and other interested parties...
Red Bank “magic wand” ideas sought
Here’s a ‘magic wand’ question for you: if you could instantly transform Shrewsbury Avenue in Red Bank, what would it become? Ditto for creating direct access to the Navesink River from Broad Street: what’s your dream? Borough residents and other interested parties...
Lots of Job Hunting, but No Job, Despite Low Unemployment
"The longer you are unemployed, the more stigma is attached," said Carl Van Horn, the founding director of the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. Black people and older Americans are more likely to find themselves among the long-term...
We need a social justice movement for older workers
This Friday, as it does every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the unemployment rate for September 2019. Likely, it will remain close to its current 3.7 percent, and a mix of analysts, talking heads, and politicians, will discuss the still tight...