It’s an exhausting experience that often makes people question whether to wear their hair naturally. Statistics show Black women are 80% more likely than white women to feel the need to change their hair to fit in at the office, according to 2019 research by JOY...
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Letters: Talks in the Russia-Ukraine War
Linda Stamato and Sanford M. Jaffe discuss the Russia-Ukraine war in a letter to the editor New York Times, June 30, 2022
New Jersey wineries battle rising cost of packaging, shipping wine
Wineries are being hit hard by the high cost of supplies, and they are also facing supply shortages. While there isn't a wine shortage, the cost to package and ship bottles of wine has gone up, according to some employees at wineries in New Jersey. *********** A local...
As Tax Bills Arrive, Mayor Renews Misleading Attack on School Board
Two outside experts and the former Board of Education president are taking issue with Mayor Steven Fulop’s recent attacks on the BOE and school officials following their adoption of a record $955 million budget and a tax levy that would cost the average homeowner an...
Where exactly is the state bank we were promised?
Gov. Phil Murphy promised to create a state public bank. In November 2019, he did just that, traveling to Newark to announce its creation in Executive Order 91. Surrounded by community and financial justice advocates, the governor pledged to leverage...
How to get treated for long COVID in NY and NJ
Long COVID is a bummer. Even mild infections of the coronavirus are leading to weeks and months of lingering symptoms such as loss of smell, confusion due to mental brain fog, and fatigue. But severe outcomes, such as heart disorders and kidney disease, are appearing,...
Why It’s So Hard to Convince the Public on Transportation Projects
Engineers and the general public often hold attitudes on transportation topics that directly contradict core tenets of the transportation planning profession, and those differences are especially stark when it comes to reducing the use of automobiles, a new study...
American Dream mall in New Jersey faces new bond woes
The municipal bonds that helped finance the nation's second largest mall are showing signs of wobbling. The American Dream mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was delayed for years, then opened shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 3, the trustee for $800...
Why are Ocean, Monmouth counties growing while the NJ overall population shrinks?
The COVID-19 pandemic heavily influenced New Jersey residents' housing choices between 2020 and 2021, said James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Fears of catching the virus in crowded...
They get the job but never show up: Ghosting on the rise in NJ
As the New Jersey labor shortage continues, companies large and small are facing a growing problem: job applicants who are hired and accept a position with a start date, but then never show up at work and don’t even bother to communicate they have changed their mind...