Others are more skeptical. Marc H. Pfeiffer, a senior policy fellow at Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said the settlement is “an unusual circumstance that requires consideration.” “The lawyers are going to have to look at...
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Those parents protesting for vaccine exemptions were doing one thing: Freeloading
If only the parents and their allies, storming the Trenton barricades earlier this week, could hear what they were saying and to whom they were actually saying it to. They thought they were speaking to members of the legislature about a bill that would eliminate...
Advocates for people with disabilities detail obstacles in traveling NJ Transit
Karen Alexander, managing director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, told the senators about a program she oversees that teaches people with disabilities how to navigate the fixed-route bus and train public transportation system so they don’t have to rely...
The Trump administration is seeking to demonize Iran. Hollywood has been doing that for years.
“The portrayal that Hollywood has been putting out for a long time is that Iran is not just a place of bad leaders or regimes but a nation of terrorists, radicals and bad guys — that this is the entire culture,” said Hooshang Amirahmadi, an Iranian American professor...
Study Raises Questions About Camden Program for Patients with Complex Medical, Social Needs
Coalition leaders and other experts emphasized that the results should not be considered the last word on this work, which has evolved over the years and grown into a national movement dedicated to improving outcomes for challenging patients and better controlling...
Robots Stole Blue Collar Jobs, Now AI Is Coming for White Collar Workers
Of course, this is not the first time American workers have been impacted or potentially impacted by technology. “There have been technologies that have been implemented that didn’t lead to the wide-scale job losses,” says William M. Rodgers III, professor of public...
Study: 90 percent of properties at Wayne County tax auction went to speculators
Two university professors have studied the Wayne County Tax Auction and come to a startling conclusion: Since 2005, around 90 percent of purchases went to speculative investors. This shift from largely resident-owned properties to bulk owners has had serious...
Study Shows US Workplace Robots Doubled from 2009 to 2017
The report comes from the Century Foundation research group, which is based in New York City. William M. Rodgers III is a professor of public policy and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He co-wrote...
Health care community says sharing info is critical to speeding up innovation
Translational science, which translates innovation into practice and scale for large populations, also requires a strong role from government, Joel Cantor said. “So that the money flows in the right way and the regulations are in place to facilitate, uptick and...
Detroit reviewing link between tax auction, housing instability in response to UM study
The mortgage and tax foreclosure crisis of the past decade has reshaped Detroit’s low-income housing markets. The majority of Detroit households are renters now, and they’re becoming increasingly reliant on corporate landlords. New research by Joshua Akers of the...