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Month: August 2019
Community event to celebrate UniverCity partnership with Pepin County
Pepin County and the UniverCity Year program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison invite community members to attend an information session and celebration on August 28 to learn more about the three-year partnership between UniverCity Year and Pepin …
Pepin County, UWMadison team up for latest UniverCity collaboration
Developed with the Wisconsin Idea in mind, UniverCity Year brings together faculty, students, and members of Wisconsin communities to address local challenges through university courses and research. Pepin County, UW–Madison team up for latest ‘UniverCity’ collaboration
Work without reward – 'State of Working Wisconsin' finds wealthy reap most from productivity gains
This Labor Day, there is good news and bad news for Wisconsin workers. n The good news is continued low unemployment and steady, modest job growth, according to the annual State of Working Wisconsin report from the …
COWS releases the State of Working Wisconsin 2019: Facts & Figures
This Labor Day, with the memory of the Great Recession of 2007 now fading from memory, workers across Wisconsin have this good news to celebrate. The unemployment rate in the state has been consistently low. …
2019 EARN Conference
EARNCON is a three-day gathering that brings together EARN’s nearly 60 groups from 44 states—along with thought leaders on issues related to socioeconomic and racial inequality—to share stories, present research, discuss strategies, sharpen skills, and …
How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century – A One-Day Conference in Memory of Erik Olin Wright
ERIK OLIN WRIGHT spent the last years of his life thinking about ways to challenge and transform capitalist societies. He distilled his thinking in a book, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (Verso, 2019). The …
"Low-road capitalism" in New York Times/1619 Project
From the NYT 1619 Project. n n In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation. n Matthew Desmond, August 14, 2019 n n “Low-road capitalism,” the University of …