This week in Paris 198 countries met to discuss ways of better cooperating on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The biggest polluters, namely the U.S., Europe, and China, pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but “climate injustice” remains a huge issue.…
Read MoreThe U.S. Government Accountability Office’s recent report on Military Personnel finds increases in the number of females entering the officer corps across all four branches of the military. Women make up about 17% of military officers of all ranks according…
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 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 MoreAsian-Americans are typically perceived by the general public as a “model minority.” Based on the Equality Indicators data, in NYC the median household income of Asians ($37,000) exceeds that of Hispanics ($34,000) and blacks ($35,000), but falls behind whites ($56,200). In…
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 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…
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