Archive: In the News
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Will the Teachers Take Control? | Dissent Magazine
KI Executive Director, Joseph McCartin writes about the power of educators in confronting the urgent needs of communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. With no coordinated plan to mitigate the ongoin
Category: In the News
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Our Statement on Police Brutality, Recent Unrest, and Racial Justice
The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer is yet another tragic chapter in the long, sad history of lethal violence meted out to African Americans. This act of police brutality, a contemporary manifestation of the historically unfair and racist treatment of Black people by law enforcement and the criminal justice system, has sent people to the streets once more in protest, demanding to right this systemic wrong.
Categories: In the News, Race and Economic Empowerment Project
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Resource from DC OAG: Informal Tenants Are Protected
The Office of the DC Attorney General just released an important resource in English and Spanish informing DC tenants of their rights during and after the COVID crisis, and confirming that these rights also apply to tenants in informal housing situations (ie, without a written lease) and regardless of their immigration status
Categories: Immigration and Labor Project, In the News
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D.C. Council Approves $2.5 Million for Immigrant Justice Legal Services!
We are thrilled to share that on Tuesday the D.C. Council gave final approval to $2.5 million in funding for the Immigration Justice Legal Services (IJLS) grant program in order to keep immigrant fami
Categories: Immigration and Labor Project, In the News
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Tax Uber and Lift the Veil
For Game 6 of the Capitals’ conference finals, Uber provided funding for late-night Metro service. It may have been a coincidence that Uber’s gesture came just as the D.C. Council weighs a proposal th
Categories: Articles, In the News, Practitioner Fellows, Visiting Scholars
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Lane Windham, KI Associate Director, Receives Prestigious Labor History Award
KI Associate Director Lane Windham has been awarded the prestigious 2018 David Montgomery Award from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) at its annual meeting in Sacramento, California. The
Categories: In the News, Our Staff, People, Women Innovating Labor Leadership
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Features KI Scholars Who Study the Working Class
The Chronicle of Higher Education recently featured our Visiting Scholar John Russo and faculty affiliate Sherry Linkon and their efforts to unravel the mysteries of the American working class. The
Categories: In the News, Labor Studies, Our Staff, People, Visiting Scholars
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CHATLANI: Striking a Balance Between Profit, Workers, and the Environment
Shalina Chatlani (SFS ’17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are honored to host her blog posts on our website, including this in de
Categories: In the News, Student Leaders
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CHATLANI: Recycling Is Good for the Environment. It Should Also Be Good for Workers
Shalina Chatlani (SFS ’17) interns for Industry Dive and is an Undergraduate Writing Fellow for the Kalmanovitz Initiative. We are thrilled to feature her blog posts about the intersection of enviro
Categories: In the News, Student Leaders
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Celebrating Ten Years of Just Employment at Georgetown
On November 5, 2015, Georgetown students, alumni, staff, faculty, and administrators gathered in Riggs Library to reflect and celebrate the way the university realizes its Catholic identity and Jesuit heritage to the men and women who sustain our campus: the Just Employment Policy (JEP).
Categories: Events, In the News, Just Employment Policy, Student Leaders