murphy events
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Video: The Taylor Law in Perspective at 50
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Public Employees Fair Employment Act, commonly known as the Taylor Law. This New York law was one of the first state laws to grant public workers the right to unionize, to require public employers and unions to bargain in good faith over working conditions, and to mandate conciliation of…
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Video: Divided Results: Voting and Partisan Gerrymandering
On Friday, September 15th, members of the Murphy Institute community gathered for a discussion about gerrymandering. In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Gill v. Whitford, a case that deals with the legality of partisan gerrymandering, this panel explored the history of gerrymandering and the effects of recent changes in technology, data mining, and dark money.…
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Event: Divided Results: Voting and Partisan Gerrymandering (9/15)
Update: missed the event and want to watch it online? Catch the video here. Friday, September 15 8:30am-10:30am Murphy Institute, 18 Floor RSVP: https://the-politics-of-voting.eventbrite.com In light of the Supreme Court’s decision to hear Gill v. Whitford, this panel will explore the history of gerrymandering and the effects of recent changes in technology, data mining, and dark money,…
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Millennials and Boomers Explore Shared Challenges
Last Friday, the Murphy Institute hosted Building Bridges Across the Generation Gap, an event designed to bring millennials and baby boomers together to talk about the challenges faced by the two groups. Jillian Berman covered the event for MarketWatch: “This notion of generational warfare is a red herring,” Eric Kingson, a professor of social work at Syracuse…
