Matt Mazewski

Nov 25, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Matt Mazewski |Charles McNamara |Stephen Pope |Regina Munch

In the wee hours of the morning after Election Day, when it had become apparent that Donald Trump would prevail in the race for the White House, political writer Jim Newell attempted to grapple with the monumental implications of the result. “We are going to be unpacking this night for the rest of our lives, and lives beyond that,” he lamented in a predawn post at Slate.

Nov 12, 2024 | fastcompany.com | Matt Mazewski

When confronting big economic challenges like inequality, poverty, or retirement insecurity, America’s leaders often struggle to agree on how—or even whether—government should act. Amid the gridlock and polarization, however, a surprising bipartisan consensus is forming around the promise of what some have described as one of the U.S. economy’s “best-kept secrets”: employee ownership.

Apr 24, 2024 | commonwealmagazine.org | Matt Mazewski |Thomas Geoghegan |Beverly Willett |Sharon Mesmer

March 29 was a Good Friday indeed in New Jersey: that morning, a federal judge in Trenton issued an order temporarily curtailing the use of a strange and controversial ballot design that has been a fixture of the state’s electoral landscape for decades.

Nov 8, 2023 | commonwealmagazine.org | Matt Mazewski |Dominic Preziosi |Shaun Blanchard |Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

When evaluating the job performance of government officials, I like to apply one of the few sports analogies I understand and consider their “wins above replacement,” a sabermetric term that refers to a baseball player’s record relative to that of the average player with whom their team could replace them.

Nov 1, 2023 | commonwealmagazine.org | Matt Mazewski |Dominic Preziosi |Shaun Blanchard |Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

When evaluating the job performance of government officials, I like to apply one of the few sports analogies I understand and consider their “wins above replacement,” a sabermetric term that refers to a baseball player’s record relative to that of the average player with whom their team could replace them.