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Spring 2019 MA Scholarship Application Now Open (Deadline: 12/18)
The Murphy Institute is offering a small number of tuition-only scholarships for Spring 2019 to both newly-admitted and continuing MA students in Urban Studies and Labor Studies. Students must re-apply each semester to be considered for a scholarship for the next term. (Scholarships and amounts may vary from semester to semester depending on the availability
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Video: The Next Generation: Young Workers Building Movements
On December 6th, members of SLU community gathered to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by young adults in building the labor movement. Despite the recent weakness of the U.S. labor movement, young workers are invigorating unions and other working-class organizations throughout the country, showing the promise of a new broad-based progressive movement. Social media-driven
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New Labor Forum Highlights: December 3rd, 2018
The New Labor Forum has a bi-weekly newsletter on current topics in labor, curated by the some of the most insightful scholars and activists in the labor world today. Check out some highlights from the latest edition below. With this installment of the New Labor Forum newsletter, we take a break from our bi-weekly offering of free articles, reports, videos, and
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SLU Prof. Kafui Attoh on WNYC’s On the Media
Last week, SLU Urban Studies Professor Kafui Attoh made an appearance on WNYC’s On the Media to talk about the relationship between public transportation and democracy, closing out an hour that explores the injustices that undergird “feel good” stories about workers persevering through horrifying commutes and the perils of self-driving cars. From On the Media:
