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June 12, 2024

Following a year (2023) in which no new issues of High Road Policy (HRP) were released in order to free up resources to build out dedicated, standalone websites and reports on (1)...

April 25, 2024

The Cornell University ILR School's Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) released a new explainer today that defines a "minimum wage", describes what a minimum wage is...

February 5, 2024

The Cornell University ILR School's Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) released a new explainer today that defines a "prevailing wage" and highlights the ways in which...

January 16, 2024

The Cornell University ILR School's Center for Applied Research on Work (CAROW) released a new explainer today that defines what a living wage is and describes the most common...

October 21, 2022

High Road Policy (HRP) is pleased to release its current issue — Vol 3, Memo Nos1-3 (Mar - Oct 2022): “Crisis of Care: How Commodification of Childcare Creates and Exacerbates...

January 19, 2022

The December 2021 issue of High Road Policy (HRP) explores the possibility of passing a local law in Buffalo that would allow non-citizens (immigrants) the right to vote in local...

August 26, 2021

July 2021 marked twelve years since the last increase to the US federal minimum wage Put in different terms, minimum wage jobs in much of the country have been stuck at the same...

July 8, 2021

Part 1 of of this post introduced the Cornell ILR Buffalo Co-Lab's First Annual High Road Policy Summit by defining what a "High Road" society is and how it contrasts with the...

July 8, 2021

Part 1 of 2 For Part 2, which includes full videos from the summit, click here On Friday, 14 May 2021, the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab hosted its first annual High Road Policy Summit...

May 7, 2021

The Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab will hold its first High Road Policy Summit, “Creating an Equitable Economy and a Democratic Community,” from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm...