Senate Staff Diversity Among Democratic Presidential Candidates
On July 11, 2019, the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus released diversity data on the U.S. Senate personal and committee office staff of each of their Members. This analysis examines data of the staff in the personal offices of the seven U.S. Senators running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination: Bennet (CO), Booker (NJ), Gillibrand (NY),…
June Jobs Analysis
On Jobs Day, the Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Harin Contractor hosts an online conversation on the implications of the latest Employment Situation Report for Black communities when The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases data providing insight into key indicators like the national unemployment rate and the number of jobs created over the month.…
May Jobs Analysis
On Jobs Day, the Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Harin Contractor hosts an online conversation on the implications of the latest Employment Situation Report for Black communities when The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases data providing insight into key indicators like the national unemployment rate and the number of jobs created over the month.…
Joint Center Board Member Dr. Dianne Pinderhughes Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Joint Center Board Member and Kellogg Faculty Fellow Dr. Dianne Pinderhughes joins “thinkers and doers” such as Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Winston Churchhill, with her election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. “I am honored to have been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,” she said in…
Joint Center Hosts Convening on the Future of Work in Chicago
On April 26, 2019, the Joint Center, Comcast-NBCUniversal, and Black Action in Public Policy Studies (a student group at the University of Chicago) hosted a day-long convening at the UChicago to discuss solutions for the Black residents in Chicago as it relates to the future of work.Participants, including local workforce boards, community leaders, coding groups,…
The Joint Center Commends Sen. Maria Cantwell for Hiring David Strickland, the First Black Senate Full Committee Staff Director in Two Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2019 Contact: press@jointcenter.org The Joint Center Commends Sen. Maria Cantwell for Hiring David Strickland, the First Black Senate Full Committee Staff Director in Two Years WASHINGTON — The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies applauded Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,…
Joint Center Mourns Loss of Judge Damon J. Keith
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2019 Contact: press@jointcenter.org Joint Center Mourns Loss ofJudge Damon J. Keith WASHINGTON – United States Court of Appeals Judge Damon J. Keith, who decided many of the nation’s most important school desegregation, employment discrimination, and government surveillance cases, passed away this morning in Michigan at the age of 96. Judge…
Joint Center President Joins Two Panels at SXSW
Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined two panels at SXSW in Austin, Texas this year. The first panel, Facing Digitalization: A Workforce at Risk, focused on the challenges brought on by automation and the “solutions for equipping underserved communities with the skills necessary to succeed in tomorrow’s economy.” Panelists included Ron Marlow (Vice President for…
April Jobs Analysis
On Jobs Day, the Joint Center’s Workforce Policy Director Harin Contractor hosts an online conversation on the implications of the latest Employment Situation Report for Black communities when The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases data providing insight into key indicators like the national unemployment rate and the number of jobs created over the month.…
Joint Center President Spencer Overton Participates in Aspen Institute Panel on Automation
Joint Center President joined Aspen Institute’s panel “The Case for Action” at The Age of Automation: Policies for a Changing Economy on April 3, 2019. The panel was moderated by Lauren Weber (Reporter, The Wall Street Journal) and panelists also included Erica Groshen (Visiting Senior Scholar at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor…