However, employing right-to-work laws could have a costly impact on women and people of color. A new working paper by Rutgers University professor William Rodgers III found that right-to-work laws hit the earnings of black and Latino workers the hardest because they are disproportionately represented in unions. Black women, in particular, make up 17.7% of public sector employment, and thus would suffer most.
That’s why the unions have gained support from a broad swath of civil rights groups.
Evaluating the Use of Google Street View to Visually Verify the Locations of Cannabis Retailers in the United States Extracted from Websites, 2015–2018 Abstract Our ability to advance public health and policy responses to cannabis legalization is limited by a lack of...
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Bloustein School researchers publish report on affordable housing in U.S. faith land The Daily Targum, March 30, 2026, 8:06 p.m. By Rida Kadri Dr. Nadia Mian, senior program director of the Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement and lecturer in the Edward J....
Small Wins, Big Impact: On the Front Lines of Local Public Health with Peter Tabbot In this episode of EJB Talks, Peter Tabbot ’91 MPH ‘97, CPM, longtime local health officer in Rockaway, NJ and a Bloustein School public health lecturer, shares his path into public...
Nicholas V. Longo is leading a university-wide effort on how to expand engagement in civic life Nicholas V. Longo, the inaugural director of the Rutgers Democracy Lab, insists democracy is something you learn by doing – not just in a classroom or at the ballot box,...