In 2016, the Equality Indicators found that economic inequality was New York City residents’ biggest inequality concern. As part of the ISLG public survey, which was conducted specifically to inform the Equality Indicators, we asked 3,003 New Yorkers to describe…
Read MoreIt’s difficult to overstate the impact of poverty on inequality. Poverty has damaging short and long-term effects on nearly every area of life, from educational attainment to employment, from health outcomes to contact with the criminal justice system. Those effects…
Read MoreLast week the White House held its first United State of Women Summit in Washington D.C. to strategize about gender equality. Every woman knows the problem, in most cases intimately. My Uber driver, Houma, reminded me of this on the…
Read MoreA new kind of museum opened last week in NYC. Not like The Met or MOMA, this one was for 3 days only, but no less significant. The Museum of Drug Policy used art as a lens to examine the…
Read MoreTransitioning back in to the community after being incarcerated is a difficult and complicated process. We know those who are imprisoned are likely to be poor, have limited education, represent a minority group, and suffer from mental illness and/or substance…
Read MoreScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S.T.E.M.) degree attainment is increasingly seen as necessary for competing in a 21st century global economy. Jobs of the future will largely fall into these categories. Yet there is a large gulf in achievement between…
Read MoreNationally we are witnessing a promising trend of declining arrest rates for youth. However, from 1996-2011 girls’ arrest rates declined less than boys’ (42% versus 57%). Why? A new report from The National Crittenton Foundation on “Gender Injustice” sheds light…
Read MoreOver 25,000 youth across the nation are “emancipated” or “aged out,” of foster care each year. Cast out into the world on their own without housing, financial assistance or emotional support, puts this group at high risk for: Homelessness (1…
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