Union workers striking at General Motors and the ongoing push for a higher minimum wage may be a sign of a new era of worker activism.
Workforce and labor expert Carl Van Horn says “even though profits of companies have been going up, people’s paychecks haven’t been going up accordingly.”
Van Horn is the director and distinguished professor of public policy at the Rutgers John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) / Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) September 11th Memorial Program for Regional Transportation Planning selection committee has selected Abigail Alvarez, PPP '25/MCRP '26 for...
Reflections on Energy Efficiency Policies in Sustainable Transition: Bedrock, Gamechanger, or More of the Same? Abstract In this study, we analyze how energy efficiency actions, policies, and outcomes are tied to wider socio-economic and political contexts that are...
For more information or media questions, please contact Patti Zielinski patti.zielinski@rutgers.edu Hosted by the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, the second of two public debates between the candidates in the 2025 New...
Read Report Executive Summary Background Commercial and residential buildings are responsible for over 70% of NYC’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (City of New York, 2024). To address the large impact of buildings on climate, New York City’s Local Law 97 (LL97)...
Social Determinants, Health Policy, and the Public Health Classroom: A Discussion with Katie Pincura Dean Stuart Shapiro and the EJB Talks podcast have returned for season 13 with associate teaching professor Katie Pincura. Katie’s path into public health began as a...