Especially for people of color, the enforcement of new public health requirements on transit systems and other spaces presents an additional safety risk. For two weeks in March, Black people accounted for 35 of 40 NYPD arrests for breaking “social distancing”...
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Undocumented Workers Contributed $1.2 Billion To Unemployment Funds, Report Says
Undocumented workers have contributed $1.2 billion dollars into federal and state unemployment insurance over the last 10 years. They just don't benefit from it. That's according to a new report by New Jersey Policy Perspective. "Not providing for folks that have lost...
Kudlow says extra $600 for unemployment benefits will end in July
Bill Rodgers, chief economist, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers: “There is economic literature that shows when non-labor income (in this case UI Benefits) go up, the likelihood of searching for work goes down. The research also shows that when the...
Health Administration Undergraduate: Elizabeth Tomaselli
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical role that telemedicine plays in increasing both the geographic and financial accessibility of healthcare.
Balancing the budget with bonds is a bad idea: Comments before NJ Senate Budget Committee
On June 11, Richard Keevey was invited to provide testimony to the NJ State Budget Committee on the upcoming budget decisions to be made. He noted that "This is, in my view, a critical time for the state -- we should not borrow large sums of money to balance the...
Suddenly Virtual: The Importance of Making Virtual Tools Accessible for People with Disabilities
The Heldrich Center released a new toolkit which reviews accessibility features of some of the most popular technology tools and services.
Fed’s Changing Jobs Doctrine Comes to Grips With Racial Inequity
The coronavirus pandemic and a wave of social unrest across the country have put a spotlight on the deep inequality between black and white America. A shift in focus at the U.S. central bank is, too. According to William Rodgers, a former Labor Department official who...
In the age of COVID, who gets to determine when someone is dead?
Between March and May, the number of COVID-19 patients in New Jersey rose from 1 to more than 137,000, of whom over 9,000 died. Consequently, the need for medical treatment grew exponentially with hospitals and their intensive care units (ICU) in danger of being...
Job market starts to bounce back — especially for white and Hispanic Americans
The share of white and Hispanic Americans who were employed increased last month, after falling precipitously in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment also increased for black Americans, but it was less robust. The jobless rate for adult...
Bridging great divide between Wall Street and Main Street
Bill Rodgers, Rutgers University, and Anthony Scaramucci, Skybridge Capital, discuss why Wall Street doesn’t reflect what Main Street is feeling. CNBC Business News, June 4, 2020
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