Nearly 4.5 people in the U.S. are still exposed to pollution from municipal waste incinerators.
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The City should dramatically decrease pollution and increase safety and environmental justice in overhauling its massive commercial waste system.
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The City’s stop-and-start pattern of curbside organic waste is self-defeating. Instead, it’s time to rethink the way we collect our waste.
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New York City should beef up mental health resources instead of building up systems of enforcement and punishment
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Socially based trauma can be internalized, with devastating effects. It can also be healed.
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Let’s recognize how a legacy of colonial oppression, and the everyday realities of structural racism, can warp and weaken family bonds.
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A former principal describes her vision for beginning to make schools into “incubators of citizenship and success.”
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The time is ripe for a holistic strategy to strengthen historically traumatized communities.
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Recycling and composting stalled or went into reverse during the pandemic lockdown. Here’s how to get things moving again.
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Racial disparity has been the legacy of the child welfare system. It doesn’t have to be its future.
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There is a maternal health emergency in New York City. It’s deeply rooted in racism. And it’s one the next mayor can do a lot to stop.
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Young people in communities hit hard by Covid-19 want to work while they learn, and help support their families.
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Done right, legalization can redress longstanding injustices and strengthen local economies in both rural and urban communities.
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Green energy and green jobs: a restorative justice prescription for a healthier New York City.
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Will the city’s next leaders right the environmental wrongs that have worsened the pandemic?
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How will pandemic-forced changes alter admission to many of New York City’s most sought-after secondary schools?
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Despite being the Big Apple’s biggest buyer of health insurance, City government does a poor job of leveraging its market power for the benefit of workers, and taxpayers.
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Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was committed to interracial democracy and just policing – values that still resonate today.
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Inequality harms us all. Fair and fairly enforced rules promote economic growth that is strong, stable, and broadly shared.
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In the current unprecedented climate, nonprofits led by people of color have become the vanguard of crisis response in their communities. Yet even as they perform urgent new work, many face profound challenges to their long-term financial stability.
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