The Problem Youth dating abuse and domestic violence is widespread; New York has the highest reported rate of sexual dating abuse and the third highest rate of physical dating abuse in the country according to the CDC’s 2015 Youth…
Read MoreI did not grow up with a cell phone or the Internet. When the digital world disrupted my world of land line telephones and computers with perfunctory word processing capabilities, it took me a while to adapt. But I did.…
Read MoreWomen are half of the U.S. and world’s population. But you wouldn’t know it looking at their representation in government. The Equality Indicators’ new report, “Who Runs Our Cities? The Political Gender Gap in the Top 100 U.S. Cities” documents…
Read MoreYou do not have to be a social scientist to know construction in NYC is booming. Walk in any neighborhood and you will see scaffolding and crudely constructed pedestrian pathways with heavy construction equipment teetering precariously overhead. I have actually…
Read MoreIn 2015 Fortune published a survey by Fatherly (a website for millennial Dads) on what their kids want to be when they grow up. The survey responses were culled from girls and boys, aged 10 and under. Here is what…
Read More“Problems Unsolved & A Nation Divided” is a new report from Harvard Business School on U.S. competitiveness. The title kind of says it all, but it is worth a deeper dive for the way it frames our current economic woes…
Read MoreLow salaries have a funny habit; they seem to follow you from job to job. This is no accident. Because on every job application appears the question, “How much did you make in your last position?” If you have a…
Read MoreThe Problem 5.5 million U.S. youth ages 16-24 are not in school or working according to Opportunity Nation. Who Are They? There is no typical profile. Many have dropped out of high school (estimated number of high school drop-outs is…
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