The same demographic trends threatening New Jersey’s malls have left the state with dozens of abandoned office parks—sometimes referred to as “gray fields”—and countless vacancies in suburban office buildings. Lately, however, technology has changed the workplace...
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Can New Jersey’s Dying Malls Be Saved?
It’s widely believed that online shopping poses the greatest threat to New Jersey’s malls. Retail forecaster Forrester predicts that Web sales will constitute 11 percent of total U.S. retail this year, up from 8 percent in 2013. That doesn’t seem like a huge chunk, so...
Bayonne student petition leads to traffic lights on Avenue C and 12th Street
Marcella Traina was 13 years old when she first encountered a problem with the 12th Street and Avenue C intersection. As she crossed the street, she had to run away from a passing car, just barely escaping injury. Ever since that moment, Traina, a junior public policy...
Philadelphians feel squeezed as US economy seems to hum. That's a poverty problem
Nine years into recession recovery, the upper 1 percent is thriving, while workers' chances to see increased wages are waning, experts say. Unions are eroding in influence, as globalization and technology (checkout computers at Target instead of cashiers) are keeping...
Why wage growth isn't keeping pace with a tightening labor market
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers University professor and economist, and Joe Watkins, Republican strategist, discuss why wages haven't grown much amid a tight labor market and what the strong June jobs reports says about the U.S. economy. CNBC, July 6, 2018
NJ's unemployment rate falls to 10-year low. Here's what that means for you
Economists and policy experts say New Jersey is in a unsustainable bubble that will most likely burst next year, causing layoffs. And the government, they say, has not implemented policies that will help residents earn higher wages and spend more as consumers. The...
‘Children At Play’ Are Stupid and Dangerous for Suburban Kids there is more
“Crossing signs give you a clear indication of exactly where you should be looking,” LaMondia says. “But with Children At Play signs, you’re always supposed to be watching for children in the roadway. How are you supposed to change your behavior?” That’s the question...
Why paychecks in NJ aren't growing as fast as the rest of the US
The state's average weekly paycheck grew 1.8 percent from 2016 to 2017, while wages grew 3.9 percent nationally, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The slow growth placed the Garden State at 50th among all states and Washington, D.C., beating only Alaska....
The 2018 Insider 100: Policymakers
It’s counter intuitive really in New Jersey to even compose a list of wonks. The state so often – even routinely – prides itself on primitivism, and those sub-human, profane interactions that fall only very loosely within the rubric of politics. And yet – don’t laugh...
Trump admin. worsens affordable housing crisis by favoring landlords, keeping the poor out
As Housing Secretary Ben Carson moves to make life more difficult for America's struggling poor from his well-furnished, secure office in Washington, D.C., a national exhibit, "Evicted," has opened in the National Building Museum across town. The exhibit is a...