In 2009, the United States experienced arguably its most depressive economic period since the Great Depression. The U.S. housing bubble had burst and many individuals were forced to foreclose on their properties in their last desperate attempt to shed debt and cut costs. The effects of this economic downturn still have an effect today as… continue reading
Congratulations to Christopher Wheeler, who has been accepted as a Class of 2015 Eagleton Fellow, receiving the Eagleton Alumni fellowship award.
An important decision was handed down in the Wisconsin voter ID case, LULAC v. Deininger. The judge cited Professor Lori Minnite’s testimony in finding that the law unconstitutional and violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (pp. 18-19): “As Professor Minnite testified, the publicity surrounding photo ID legislation creates the false perception that voter-impersonation… continue reading
MPA Track: Public Management
In the coming months, the International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences will publish an essay on the “underclass” penned by Paul Jargowsky and Lorraine C. Minnite.
In a public lecture titled “Race, Politics and the Obama Presidency,” Michael Javen Fortner discussed how the race of the president influences the moral and political obligations of the presidency. Prof. Fortner’s talk was sponsored by a prestigious award from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities to the Willingboro Public Library.
