Kessler Foundation has issued five Impact Reports highlighting successful outcomes of major grants supported under its Signature Employment Grant(SEG) program. Since 2004, Kessler Foundation has provided more than $41.5 million to support initiatives that create or...
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New Nuclear Tech Won't Help US Avoid 'Profound' Climate Problem
The role of nuclear power in decarbonizing the electric power system as a way to address global warming divides climate scientists who see urgency in slashing carbon dioxide emissions but worry about nuclear power’s safety challenges. “The future for the [nuclear]...
NJ suburbs cool again? Millennials and others return for affordable homes
Reyes is part of a growing number moving from cities back to the suburbs, helping to stop a migration that has been draining New Jersey since the beginning of the decade. It has sparked the housing market, along with conflicts that come with economic growth. But it...
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...
Merging 191 N.J. towns won't fix crushing taxes, these experts say
Social media and our comments section have been ablaze after we took a look at a panel's proposal to merge the 191 New Jersey municipalities with less than 5,000 people. But to a pair of researchers at Rutgers University, the plan is dead on arrival. Not because of...
Bike-Share Still Has a Race Problem
Charles Brown, a transportation expert at Rutgers University, says that one reason the programs have struggled to reach minorities is that minority groups have different traditions, languages and cultures but seem to be treated as one large entity by bike-share...
Letter: Supreme Court’s Ruling on Compelling Arbitration
In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court’s more conservative justices ruled that companies can use arbitration clauses to block employees from banding together in class action suits. Sanford Jaffe, co-director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and...
Alarming stats show economy isn’t as good as it seems
The Fed and United Way findings suggest the U.S. economy isn’t nearly as strong as statistics such as the unemployment rate and the GDP growth rate suggest. Taken alone, these metrics mask the fact that some Americans are doing well and some are not. “We have a ‘Two...
Riverfront Revival: Phillipsburg looks to mirror Easton's renaissance with riverfront redevelopment
“There have been a lot of good ideas for this area. People want to be innovative,” Kobble said, adding that for him personally business has been good, particularly in the summer when visitors cross the Northampton Street Bridge from Easton to enjoy a beer at the Sand...
Central Jersey pipeline: Transco protests continue as state asks feds for permit extension
n addition to savings and profits for National Grid, the pipeline enhancement would generate 3,186 jobs during the one-year construction period in Central Jersey, as well as Pennsylvania and New York, resulting in an $327.2 million increase in economic activity in the...