John Petrides, portfolio manager at Tocqueville Asset Management, and William M. Rodgers III, professor and chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, join Cheddar to discuss economic health, vaccine optimism, and the labor...
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Overcoming ‘the appalling silence of the good people’
Rep. Jim Clyburn's (D-S.C.) endorsement of Joe Biden, and the ensuing high Black voter turnout across the South, foreshadowed the potential influence gender and race would play in the 2020 general election. Last Tuesday’s exit polls indicate that 8 out of 10 Black...
What Will Regulatory Policy Look Like Under President Biden?
The Biden administration’s “first six months to a year will be taking up the issues [such as] figuring out which Trump administration initiatives are going to require significant effort to reverse and putting the effort into those,” said Stuart Shapiro, associate dean...
Latest jobs report shows long-term unemployment still on the rise, worrying economists
“The longer you’re out of work, the harder it is to get re-employed,” said Maria Heidkamp, director of the New Start Career Network at Rutgers University. “I think we're on the cusp of catastrophic long-term unemployment. The fact that so many of the layoffs we...
Rutgers experts discuss disproportionate impact of pandemic on people of color
Andrea Hetling, associate professor and director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, explained the relationship between employment and safety in communities of color. “From an employment standpoint, the...
Listening to experts isn’t perfect, but ignoring them is far worse
Last week, President Trump said of his opponent, Vice President Biden, "he'll listen to the scientists." In case you’re confused, this was meant to be an insult. Indeed, the president seems to take pride in the extent to which he has ignored the advice of...
The messy politics of Nextdoor
Despite Nextdoor’s policies discouraging conversations about national politics, discussions of neighborhood topics can quickly derail into debates about exactly that, according to Will Payne, a geographic information science professor at Rutgers, who has...
Scholars and Advocates Hold Roundtable Media Briefing on Impact of Exclusion from Aid on Immigrant Women in New Jersey Under COVID
Rutgers University scholars and advocates for immigrant rights hosted a roundtable media briefing on immigrant women in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic and health impacts of their exclusion from most safety net programs and aid. The panel was...
9 Reasons to Eliminate Jaywalking Laws Now
They’ve rarely protected pedestrians, and their enforcement is racially biased. Two street safety experts say there are better ways to curb traffic violence. On Sept. 23, Kurt Andreas Reinhold, a 42-year-old Black man, was trying to cross a street in San Clemente,...
Rutgers panel: Lack of access to aid is disproportionately hurting immigrant women of color
The COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color have been well documented. A recent roundtable of Rutgers University experts and advocates said the difficulties women of color — particularly immigrants — experience in getting care and financial...