The university has invested $4.5 billion with the real estate arm of the private equity giant.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
East Palestine Residents Are Still Skeptical
High-profile visits, shoddy testing protocols, and unclear FEMA assistance guidelines leave residents worried.
Posted inEconomic Policy
‘We Don’t Want a Subsidy Race’
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is set to unveil guidance on CHIPS Act funding for domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Hochul and Senate Clash on Public Power, With Utility Workers on the Sidelines
The New York Power Authority manages resources built half a century ago. But a plan to make it the vanguard of clean energy could be hamstrung by labor-environmentalist divisions.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Noncompete Agreements Hamstrung America’s Pandemic Response
When COVID-19 was at its worst, many doctors wanted to go where they were most needed. Their bosses said no.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Trumanesque Strategy
Today on TAP: As in 1948, so in 2024—blue-collar workers are the ball game.
Posted inTAP
Soul on Ice
Today on TAP: Why did Labor Secretary Marty Walsh give his president the bum’s rush?
Posted inPolitics
Mr. Sanders Goes Away From Washington
The new chair of the Senate HELP Committee plans to hold numerous field hearings to bring attention to issues in health care, labor, and education.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Making Paid Sick Time a Reality
Organizing for paid leave, which is on the verge of passing in Minnesota, is part of a larger challenge to reverse an abusive workplace status quo.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Working-Class Roots of ‘Woke Capital’
Workers provide the bulk of the money invested by asset managers, but do not have control over those investments.