DEI In the News: SMLR’s Faculty and Staff Share their Research and Expertise

The Wall Street Journal writes about unions embracing the social justice movement and working more closely with local communities, quoting Tamara Lee.

The Star-Ledger examines structural racism in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, quoting Christopher Hayes.

The Wall Street Journal examines the racial wealth gap among workers who own company shares, citing research by the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing and quoting director Joseph Blasi.

Financial Times reports a surge in deadly shootings is changing the national discussion on policing, quoting Christopher Hayes.

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan about the disproportionate number of Black and Hispanic workers in low-paid service jobs.

Marketplace interviews Todd Vachon of the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) about declining union membership and its effect on wages.

Black Work Talk, a new podcast, interviews Sheri Davis of the Center for Innovation in Worker Organization about Black feminist principles in labor organizing.

Rutgers Today writes a profile of Nanette Dande, a senior majoring in Human Resource Management at SMLR.

CBS News interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says many companies “signal to consumers they are on the right side of this issue, while doing very little in practice.”

Elemental writes about how the pandemic exposed critical blind spots in science and society, quoting Christopher Hayes on the “brutal way of life” facing low-wage workers.