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What do our current crises teach us about combating climate change?
Jeanne Herb and Stuart Shapiro discuss the intersection of the climate crisis, COVID, and economic inequality, and why climate change cannot be seen as a separate challenge from other crises.
Balancing New Jersey’s budget with bonds will leave negative impact for years
Selling bonds for operating purposes must be avoided — not only because it has been deemed unconstitutional by the New Jersey Supreme Court — but much more importantly, because it is very bad public policy. By definition, the amount is a one-time revenue source. What...
Let’s go beyond the conflict and talk
Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe, co-directors of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, offer their opinions as to why the May incident in Central Park, when a white woman ignited a race firestorm across the country after footage of her encounter with a...
Suddenly Virtual: Workforce Services, Eight Weeks Later
A new Heldrich Center brief finds that workforce issues reported in the early stages of virtual operations have been resolved, including staff technology, document sharing, and teaming.
Can Progressives Change New Jersey?
Frustrated with the stalemate in Washington, many progressives have set their sights on the 15 states where Democrats control both houses of the legislature and the governorship. New Jersey is one of those 15: Democrats have virtually veto-proof legislative...
Workforce Development Supports for Individuals with Disabilities in the State of New Jersey: An Overview of Best Practices
Jordan Gallagher, Chioma Nwankwo, Drew McClendon, James Kelly, Hyojeong Kim & Mathilde Roux View Report View Presentation In January 2020 Governor Murphy announced his Jobs NJ plan as part of the administration’s strategy to foster a stronger and fairer economy...
Healthy Homes Initiative
Matthew Camarda, Laraib Kamal, Kurt Lituma, Preethy Thangaraj, Yifan Ye View Report View Presentation The connection between housing and health is multifaceted and well-documented. As millions are forced indoors during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the quality of...
They Give You A Voice: Program Evaluation of the Garden State Leaders Program
Rebecca Glinn, Ryan Jeter, Monica Moir, Justin Ray, Breana Stevens View Report View Presentation In 2015, the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness partnered with the Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey to create the Garden State Leaders Program. The Garden State...
Data Dashboard: NYC Citibike during the COVID-19 pandemic
This NYC Citibike interactive dashboard, an independent student research project in informatics, presents Citibike data to study how movement patterns changed during the pandemic.
Epidemiologists on the ground during COVID-19
This week’s EJB Talks features a candid discussion between Stuart Shapiro and public health lecturer Lisa Gulla about the challenges facing local level disease investigators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MHA Candidate: Aa’ron Dennis
The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified my motivation to push forward even more and be an advocate for those who cannot speak for themselves.
Pandemic Travel Patterns Hint at Our Urban Future
Especially for people of color, the enforcement of new public health requirements on transit systems and other spaces presents an additional safety risk. For two weeks in March, Black people accounted for 35 of 40 NYPD arrests for breaking “social distancing”...