Faculty Fellow Linda Stamato highlights the critical challenges faced by local journalism in the United States, and advocates for nonprofit journalism as a potential solution.
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EJB Talks–Brandon McKoy MCRP ’13 on Policy and Strengthening Democracy in New Jersey
Stuart Shapiro returns for our 10th season of EJB Talks with alumnus Brandon McKoy MCRP '13, who was recently named the president of The Fund for New Jersey. An alumnus of the Bloustein School's urban planning program, Brandon talks about his recent career...
Stamato Commentary: Believe in democracy? Then, I’ve got some bad news for you.
Faculty Fellow Linda Stamato highlights the critical challenges faced by local journalism in the United States.
Co-Ops: Collective Democracy in Action
Andrew Zitcer talks about his personal and intellectual journey as a Ph.D. student, as well as his continued research on cooperative ventures.
Fostering democracy through teaching
Discussing the benefits and pitfalls surrounding the current state of community engagement, and how astute and enthusiastic Bloustein students are becoming democratically capable citizens committed to figuring out how to make the world a better place.
President Holloway to present lecture: Racial Memory, Woodrow Wilson, and the Making of the Nation
President Holloway’s scholarly work specializes in post-emancipation U.S. history with a focus on social and intellectual history.
We need public television to power our democracy
An op-ed by professor emerita Linda Stamato explains why public television has a critical role in both promoting and supporting informed participation by citizens in our democracy, as well as why the need for well-sourced information has never been greater. Opinion by...
Sen. Bill Bradley engages students, faculty, community at inaugural Florio Policy Lecture
To celebrate the new Gov. James J. Florio Distinguished Scholar Policy Lecture series, former senator Bill Bradley recently spent a day at the Bloustein School. Over the course of the day he met with both students and faculty. At the first discussion the former...
Amirahmadi on developing U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East
The ongoing unrest in the Middle East, including the Arab Spring movement, are at the core civil rights movements where the people are fighting to become citizens with certain basic human rights, according to Bloustein professor Hooshang Amirahmadi in his hour-long...
Amirahamadi to discuss Middle East in transition, 10/29
*** THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. *** On Monday, October 29 Hooshang Amirahmadi, Professor and Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, will present, “The Middle East in Transition: Prospects for Democratic Change and Implications...
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