July 1, 2024 | In the News
Housing was barely mentioned in last week’s presidential debate and addressed only by President Joe Biden, not Donald Trump. Biden pushed recent housing actions as proof that his administration is tackling the affordability crisis, an issue that strikes home for...
June 27, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Poverty Governance in the Delegated Welfare State: Privatization, Commodification, and the U.S. Health Care Safety Net Abstract Due to forces of retrenchment and fiscal austerity in the contemporary U.S. welfare state, the federal government has increasingly delegated...
June 26, 2024 | In the News
By Linda Stamato When disease prevention is done right, we don’t notice. When it isn’t, disease spreads, people get sick, and they die. Then, we pay close attention. After the threat passes, stock is taken, and, oddly enough, investment in public health declines....
June 24, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey’s unemployment rate has been nearly the same for almost a year — the sixth highest in the nation according to recent numbers — as nationwide the labor market shows signs of slowing down. New Jersey’s latest unemployment rate is still a far cry from...
June 24, 2024 | In the News
By Julia Sass Rubin, Opinion Contributor New Jersey has been hit by a series of political earthquakes. The Garden State, which has a reputation for government corruption, is also America’s last bastion of political machines. No one embodies that machine control more...
June 23, 2024 | In the News
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — New Jersey residents now have a one-stop source for information on different aspects of the state’s food system, thanks to a new tool designed to build capacity in community non-profits, municipal departments and grassroots organizations to...
June 23, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey politics have a reputation for being wild. But this? This is something else. Even by our standards, what’s going on in the Garden State these days is head-spinning. Earth-shattering, in fact. A sitting U.S. senator, Robert Menendez, is on trial for alleged...
June 19, 2024 | In the News
James Hughes, a Rutgers University expert on U.S. housing trends, doesn’t know this accountant, but he endorses her dream of finding a move-in-ready property that offers a low cost of living — especially because energy and insurance costs are rising...
June 18, 2024 | In the News
NEWARK — Schools Superintendent Roger León on Monday said no alcohol was served at a “Superintendent’s Staff Fun Day” – an event for the district’s top administrators and their staff – held June 1 at an elegant venue in Warren. “Taxpayer funds” did not pay for...
June 17, 2024 | In the News
Lawmakers introduced the “New Jersey Student Support Act” in early April. Their goal was to allow students to attend private schools at public expense. Last week, after what they said was overwhelming opposition from stakeholders, sponsors pulled their bill. It never...
June 10, 2024 | In the News
The installation of bike lanes along N.J. roadways reduced driving speeds, according to a new study by Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Researchers made the finding after conducting a study at a high-traffic intersection in a Jersey Shore town to examine ways to...
June 10, 2024 | In the News
Black drivers in Chicago are more likely to be stopped by police than issued tickets by traffic cameras, highlighting the role of racial bias in traffic stops, according to a new study. The findings, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
June 9, 2024 | In the News
In its May 26 editorial calling for an expansion of the H-1B visa program (“International graduates of US colleges should have an easier path to stay”), the Globe mischaracterized the role of this and other guest worker programs. Although they bring in some highly...
June 6, 2024 | News, Research, Publications, and Reports
Significance This study pioneers in mapping the racial composition of roads. Our findings highlight a disproportionate rate of citations for moving violations among Black drivers through both speed camera enforcement but more so via police stops, challenging the...
