A new Bloomberg article speaks to a trend directly correlated to the inequality between generations. For the first time in 130 years, young adults are more likely to live with their parents than a partner. Student loan debt, under-employment, and…
Read MoreIn the age of Obama, many people believe we are living in a “post-racial” world. But race continues to polarize people and cities. Ferguson, MO was not a town most people knew before 2015, but now it has come to…
Read MoreWe have a winner! David from Brooklyn takes first prize for his photo: Glass Half Full or Half Empty. He explained that the photo represents that perceived disadvantages can also be opportunities. For example, a disability doesn’t have to hold someone back.…
Read MoreNew research from the Institute for Children, Poverty, & Homelessness finds a third of the 43,000 homeless children in grades K-5 attending NYC schools were chronically absent in the 2013-2014 school year. Even among their peers who receive free or…
Read MoreThis Is What Equality Looks Like To Me – Photo Contest CUNY ISLG’s Equality Indicators team developed a framework for measuring equality in Economy, Education, Health, Housing, Justice, and Services. Equality, as we define it, is everyone having the same…
Read More49,933 veterans are homeless on any given night in the U.S. 1.4 million are at risk of homelessness. In the U.S., the failure of the Department of Veteran Affairs to address homelessness among vets has received national attention. First Lady,…
Read More1.7 million youth (ages 12-24) are homeless according to the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrown-Away Children. Of this number, 20-40% are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. A Williams Institute survey found LGBTQ youth comprise approximately 40% of…
Read MoreWatching football over the weekend, I was surprised to see Cadillac using openly-gay designer, Jason Wu, as the focus of their “Dare Greatly” campaign. But I was pleased. LGBT youth face so many challenges, it is a success story that…
Read MoreI have called NYC home for over 60 years. Living and working as a government official and City University of New York (CUNY) Sociology Professor in it, I never fail to find something new, remarkable, or strange about it every…
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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