The Lost Archives of Sadie Alexander
NPR Planet Money
This episode tells the story of how Professor Nina Banks, economics, excavated the economic work of Sadie Alexander, the first …
NPR Planet Money
This episode tells the story of how Professor Nina Banks, economics, excavated the economic work of Sadie Alexander, the first …
Face2faceAfrica.com
Professor Nina Banks, economics, who is also an affiliated faculty member in women’s & gender studies and in critical Black studies at …
Marketplace
Professor Nina Banks, economics, and her new book titled Democracy, Race, and Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander …
The Washington Post
Professor Nina Banks, economics, published this op-ed on the historical significance of Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander becoming the first African …
1A NPR
A century ago, Sadie Alexander graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and became the first Black American to receive a doctorate in economics. …
Richmond.com/Richmond Times-Dispatch
Professor Thomas Kinnaman, economics, contributed his expertise to this “Letter to the Editor,” exploring #1 bottles, which are the …
Free Speech TV
On the second half of this show, Bucknell Professor Nina Banks, economics, discusses correcting the economic undervaluing of community …
The Wall Street Journal
Professor Nina Banks, economics, discusses why changing how we value unpaid or unrecognized work like community organizing is crucial …
Eyewitness News
Unemployment issues and a labor shortage are just two of several hurdles the economy is trying to bounce back from due to the …
Bloomberg TV
Professor Nina Banks, economics, discusses her research on the uncounted and unpaid community activism work by Black and marginalized women in …
The Commons
In this op-ed, Professor Nina Banks, economics, argues that post-pandemic economic recovery must be grounded in racial justice and a …
Bloomberg News
Professor Nina Banks, economics, points out in this story that when looking at something like the racial income gap — in …
The Washington Post
Professor Nina Banks, economics, provides her research expertise in this story, saying that the prevalence of women of color …
CNBC
In this op-ed, Professor Nina Banks, economics, teams up with three other authors to highlight the weaponization of racist dog whistle …
Boston.com
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (Mass. 7th) introduced a congressional resolution calling for the creation of a federal jobs guarantee. Professor Nina Banks, economics, …
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Black economists report barriers throughout the pipeline to academic positions. For one thing, Bucknell Professor Nina Banks, economics, …
The New York Times
Professor Nina Banks, economics, is featured in this story for her research tracing community activism back a hundred years …
The Philadelphia Inquirer
One hundred years ago this year, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander became the first Black American — of any gender — to receive …
WalletHub
Professor Christopher Magee, economics, discusses in this interview the impact of demographic change at the ballot box and the balance of powers …
The Washington Post
In many cases, occupational segregation traces back to the end of slavery, when Black women were expected to work but only in …
Spectrum News 1
California legislators are considering the Circular Economy and Pollution Reduction Act. Bucknell Professor Thomas Kinnaman, economics, called the bill “a …
USA Today
Black women represent about 11 percent of essential workers even though they’re only 6 percent of the workforce, but the “Black Lives Matter” …
NBC News
Black women in America earn, on average, 62 cents versus every dollar that a white man earns. Bucknell Professor Nina Banks, economics …
Marketplace Morning Report
The Circular Economy and Plastic Pullution Reduction Act is working its way through the California state legislature and puts an emphasis on …
FOX 56
Lawmakers are trying to iron out details of a second stimulus package and Bucknell Professor Thomas Kinnaman, economics, discussed what that …
Pennlive.com/The Patriot-News
A group of economists from dozens of universities, including Bucknell economics professor Nina Banks, are calling on the United States government to …
Yahoo Life
Bucknell Professor Nina Banks, economics, is among the experts offering advice on overcoming inequity in racist food systems in this op-ed …
FOX 56
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, experts, including Thomas Kinnaman, economics, point out in this segment that …
Business Insider
New data shows that black women are suffering a disproportionate share of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. In this story, …
The Wall Street Journal
This story reports that the Sadie Collective seeks to provide support and resources specifically for black women in economics because they …
Globe & Mail
Metal cans are worth recycling because it’s resource-heavy to make new ones, and metal is durable enough to be repurposed. But for …
The New Republic
Bucknell economics professor Nina Banks joined a civil rights panel at the recent Third Modern Monetary Theory conference at Stony Brook University, …
CBS News
The consulting firm McKinsey estimated just how much the historic and current discrimination against African-Americans is hurting the broader economy — to the …
NPR’s Planet Money
America’s towns are slowly breaking up with recycling, and not just for economic reasons. But economists, like Bucknell economics professor, Thomas Kinnaman …
NPR’s Planet Money
Bucknell economics professor Thomas Kinnaman discusses the origins of recycling in this “Planet Money” episode. Interestingly enough, Kinnaman reports that it …
Forbes
People buy more healthy foods as their incomes increase. So better nutrition might be one of the salutary effects of a redistribution program like …
Christian Science Monitor
Could a return to a simpler kind of grocery store help us live more lightly on the planet? Thomas Kinnaman, an …
The Conversation
Is burning trash instead of recycling it such a bad thing? Bucknell economics professor Thomas Kinnaman details in this story that he thinks …
WITF-FM
This segment discusses the new Food Residential College beginning at Bucknell this fall. Geoff Schneider, an economics professor and one of the founders …
The Washington Post
Professor of Economics Thomas Kinnaman provided expert insight for this article about recycling, using his research in Japan as evidence of a …
Pennlive.com
Amy Wolaver, director of the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy and professor of economics, wrote about the challenges of one current health …
The National Memo
The National Memo cited Professor Thomas Kinnaman, economics, in a study about the negative effect of recycling center closures on …
Geoffrey Gallo ’82, a graduate of Bucknell University, was recently named senior vice president of marketing and strategic consulting at Grennan Fender CPAs, an Orlando-based …
Zenji Nakazawa ’89, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently appointed to a leadership post at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Nakazawa will serve as the …
A new book recently debuted that profiles Jay Wright ’83, the head men’s basketball coach at Villanova. Titled Long Shots: Jay Wright, Villanova, and College …
Steve Kohn ’81, an alumnus of Bucknell University, was recently profiled in a Q&A piece in the Commercial Observer, a trade publication for New …
It’s not everyone that gets an opportunity to have a bronze statue made of them, or at least pose as the stand-in subject of a …
Ray Sisson ’87, a graduate of Bucknell University, recently co-founded a commercial aircraft leasing company, AVi8 Air Capital. Sisson was previously the president and …