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Spotlight
Three years after the murder of George Floyd: Researching movements against police violence
Ahead of a fall convening on global anti-police violence movements, the Malcolm Wiener Center shares Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management articles and recordings on the topics of police violence and racial justice from the past three years.
How apprenticeships might create new opportunities for students and employers
In the U.S., apprenticeships are often associated with particular industries like the building trades. But in parts of Europe, apprenticeships are common in many other industries as part of a high school education. In a new HKS video, the Project on Workforce discusses recent research determining whether apprenticeship programs could help students and employers in the American labor market.
Examining Inequity with Marcella Alsan
On the New England Journal of Medicine's "Not Otherwise Specified" podcast, Marcella Alsan speaks with host Lisa Rosenbaum about her career path and her studies on medical mistrust, racial concordance between physicians and patients, and their effects on deeply entrenched health inequities.
Why Are Young Workers Leaving Their Jobs?
A new report from Daniel Schneider and the Shift Project finds that while more than half of 18-to-25-year-olds in the service sector left their jobs during the pandemic and the "great resignation," the overwhelming majority did so to find better pay and less precarious working conditions.
New Video: We Were Too Optimistic About Globalization
Workers without college degrees are being left behind and solving this problem will require new ways of thinking. To address this, Gordon Hanson says policymakers will have to consider approaches that were once thought too economically intrusive. Hanson is the co-director of Reimagining the Economy.
HKS Faculty Tackling Extreme Economic Inequality
A new HKS Magazine article on inequality research at HKS features a number of Malcolm Wiener Center faculty and programs, including Gordon Hanson and the Reimagining the Economy project; the Stone Program; David Deming and the Project on Workforce; and Daniel Schneider and the Shift Project.
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News
Sick Workers Connected to 41 Percent of Food Poisoning Outbreaks, CDC Reports
Smithsonian Magazine, June 2, 2023
Sick Workers Tied to 40% of Food Poisoning Outbreaks, C.D.C. Says
New York Times, May 31, 2023
Mississippi Is Offering Lessons for America on Education
New York Times, May 31, 2023
How apprenticeships might create new opportunities for students and employers
Harvard Kennedy School Youtube, May 24, 2023
The Healthcare Plan Most People Should Buy—and Why They Don’t
Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2023
RT @Kennedy_School: Three years after the murder of George Floyd and the mobilizations which followed, what is the state of global movement…
The Project on Workforce Summer Fellowship Program has begun! 21 fellows will be leading workforce-related projects with organizations including Franklin Cummings Tech, @CityOfBoston, @eddesignlab, @stradaeducation, @USDOL, & @USDOT.
RT @HKS_PCJ: A Dec. 2022 special issue of the @uscourts journal Federal Probation focused on disparity in community corrections & pretrial…
RT @Kennedy_School: Three years after the murder of George Floyd and the mobilizations which followed, what is the state of global movement…
RT @HKS_PCJ: A Dec. 2022 special issue of the @uscourts journal Federal Probation focused on disparity in community corrections & pretrial…
The Project on Workforce Summer Fellowship Program has begun! 21 fellows will be leading workforce-related projects with organizations including Franklin Cummings Tech, @CityOfBoston, @eddesignlab, @stradaeducation, @USDOL, & @USDOT.
RT @Kennedy_School: Three years after the murder of George Floyd and the mobilizations which followed, what is the state of global movement…
The Project on Workforce Summer Fellowship Program has begun! 21 fellows will be leading workforce-related projects with organizations including Franklin Cummings Tech, @CityOfBoston, @eddesignlab, @stradaeducation, @USDOL, & @USDOT.
RT @HKS_PCJ: A Dec. 2022 special issue of the @uscourts journal Federal Probation focused on disparity in community corrections & pretrial…