
The State We're In: Author Alasdair Roberts, Racial Bias
Season 9 Episode 44 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Author Alasdair Roberts, Racial Bias in the Pioneer Valley, Motherhood Penalty
UMass Amherst Director of Public Policy Alasdair Roberts on his book, "Can Government Do Anything Right?". The Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley's Waleska Lugo-DeJesús discusses the ways to overcome systemic racism in the Pioneer Valley. UMass School of Public Policy & Sociology Prof. Joya Misra discusses the "motherhood penalty," a wage gap between women with kids and women without kids.
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The State We're In: Author Alasdair Roberts, Racial Bias
Season 9 Episode 44 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
UMass Amherst Director of Public Policy Alasdair Roberts on his book, "Can Government Do Anything Right?". The Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley's Waleska Lugo-DeJesús discusses the ways to overcome systemic racism in the Pioneer Valley. UMass School of Public Policy & Sociology Prof. Joya Misra discusses the "motherhood penalty," a wage gap between women with kids and women without kids.
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