The 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…
Read MoreThe Problem In New York State 105,000 children have a parent in prison or jail. Many of these children live in Brooklyn. A 2013 analysis of Department of Corrections’ data by Gothamist found three Brooklyn neighborhoods disproportionately accounting for the…
Read MoreThe Equality Indicators spoke with Clorinda Andrade, University Coordinator, of CUNY’s Fatherhood Academy, about inequality. The Academy serves any father between the ages of 18-25 years of age in NYC who wants to expand their education and/or seek better…
Read More2016 Olympics mark a milestone in gender equality: the highest rate of participation by female athletes, 45%. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) charter includes gender equality as one of its core commitments. It has steadily increased the number of events…
Read More2015 marked the end of muscle cars. Muscle cars (non-European, high-performance vehicles) were a five-decade trend in America. They had big, loud, and dirty V-8 engines, the first of which roared in the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket. 1950 to 1970 was…
Read MoreWe have a 4.9% unemployment rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We’ve come a long way from the 10% unemployment rate of October 2009. So we would expect to see some quality of life indexes improving, like poverty…
Read MoreI am a Gen X’er. Inscribed in my DNA is a need to believe Millenials are just faking it when it comes to substance and integrity. But my cynical heart is always warmed (and a little surprised) by how fundamentally…
Read MoreListening to one-way cell phone conversations has now replaced people watching as my favorite NYC activity. This is not really by choice. It is more a necessity, because there is no escape from it. I marvel at how animated people…
Read MoreOver the last several decades, American business executives have made decisions that have exacerbated the inequality that chokes prosperity for the country. They have misallocated resources and they have awarded themselves mind-boggling compensation packages while workers have suffered stagnant wages…
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