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New York Times: “Before That Gilded Tower, Another President-Elect Had a Manhattan Home Base”
Faculty Journal: Reconsidering the Supreme Court in Partisan America
A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945
Applications Open for the JFEW Eleanor Roosevelt Scholars Program (Deadline Extended to April 1)
Roosevelt House’s Public Policy Students’ Annual Visit to Washington, DC
Human Rights Program staff and students outside of Rayburn Office Building in Washington D.C. prior to the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment on April 30, 2019.
Visit Roosevelt House: Historic Home of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Roosevelt in New York City

Undergraduate Programs

Public Policy Program
The Program in Public Policy is an 18-credit undergraduate minor open to students in all disciplines. Students also have an option to receive a Certificate in Public Policy by taking…
Human Rights Program
Hunter’s Human Rights Program aims to give students the tools they need to address human rights problems intelligently and constructively, whether as advocates, scholars, researchers or informed citizens. Via academic…
Faculty Research

Roosevelt House Faculty Associates
Hunter’s distinguished Roosevelt House Faculty Associates provide the backbone for the important work that takes place at Roosevelt House. Roosevelt House Faculty Associates develop, guide and teach in the Public Policy and Human Rights Programs.
Recent Faculty Publications
RH Public Policy Program Faculty Member, Stephanie Woolhandler, quoted in Time — “Hospitals Got $100 Billion in the Stimulus Package. But A Lot of That Could Go Toward Administrative Costs”
Roosevelt House Advisory Board Member Stan Litow Weighs in on the Coronavirus and Public Education
Joint article by William A. Herbert, RH Faculty Associate and Distinguished Lecturer, Sarah W. Cudahy, and John F. Wirenius “Total Eclipse of the Court? Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 in Historical, Legal and Public Policy Contexts” published in Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal
Public Programs

Upcoming Programs
Tue, April 7, 2020 @ 1:00 pm

Awakening in Tomorrow’s Post-Pandemic World: Economic Policy in the Aftermath of COVID-19

Recent Public Programs

Video and podcasts from public programs, conferences, and special events. << >>

Latest News from Roosevelt House

A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945

Roosevelt House News

Faculty Associate News

Undergraduate Program News

Roosevelt House Faculty Forum
Basic Income In Canada: What’s in a Name?
- By: Sheila Regehr
In the matter of where things stand on basic income in Canada, I find that a great deal depends on how it is named and framed. By clearing away some confusion, I think there is good reason to be optimistic about the success of the movement towards a basic ...
Two Objections to Universal Basic Income
- By: Michael A. Lewis
I graduated with a PhD in sociology from the CUNY Graduate Center in 1996. Shortly after, I co-founded a network of academics and activists interested in promoting discussion of the Universal Basic Income (UBI). That network was called United States Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG) and still exists. When we started ...
Roosevelt House Student Forum
Without Undocumented Workers, the U.S Economy Would be a Disaster
- By: Salma Sosa
The Importance of Environmental Regulations
- By: Cristina Russo
New York City’s Segregated School System and the Opportunity Gap
- By: Katheryn Savegnago

Special Projects

The Joan H. Tisch Community Health Prize
Centered at Hunter’s Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, the Joan H. Community Health Prize offers $10,000 annually to both an individual and an organization in recognition of distinguished accomplishment in the…
History
The Story of Roosevelt House
The story of Roosevelt House, a double townhouse located at 47-49 East 65th Street, begins at the turn of the twentieth century…
Guided Tours

Roosevelt House Guided Tours
Tours are postponed until further notice. Roosevelt House — the former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and now owned by Hunter College — offers visitors a chance…

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