Americans are experiencing dire financial and emotional trauma from the pandemic-driven recession and worry that these negative realities will linger for many years.
Topic
COVID-19
Combatting racial disparities – Calling for equity, not equality, in the battle against COVID
COVID-19 continues to have a disparate impact on Black and Brown communities. Why is a community so greatly affected so apprehensive about taking a vaccine?
Strategically Virtual: Building Communities of Care
Service providers can consider offering an array of wellness services that or refer customers to engage with these services privately.
How hospital administrators are managing COVID challenges
Alumnus Jacob Persily discusses the potential and the challenges associated with the critical rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Looking ahead: Smart buildings and the future of the urban environment
Stuart Shapiro and Clint Andrews discuss how behavioral changes arising from COVID19 will likely affect building decisions and urban planning trends for decades to come.
Healing the wounded economy: Large majorities of Americans support government action to create jobs; help workers, businesses
Americans are eager for the government to ease the pain of the recession brought about by the pandemic.
A New Normal? Looking Ahead to 2021
A hopeful but reality-based forecast of 2021 from vaccine development and distribution to worrisome economic conditions to the first 100 days of the Biden presidency
Rutgers experts discuss disproportionate impact of pandemic on people of color
Andrea Hetling, associate professor and director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, explained the relationship between employment and safety in communities of color. “From an employment standpoint, the...
EJB Talks about Election 2020
A discussion of the current state of the election and what we may see–or expect–in the coming weeks.
The Durability of American Inequality: How Past & Present Racial Disparities Grow the Wealth Gap
Understanding the importance of past and current systematic gaps weighing on Black households and developing policy solutions.