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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
Current Exhibits at Roosevelt House
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

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…
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…
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
Roosevelt House Faculty Associate Virginia Valian Publishes New Article in Nature
Hunter College CHP Director Phil Alcabes New Article on Opioid Crisis Published in Los Angeles Review of Books
Hunter College Professor Manu Bhagavan Featured in Raisina Files 2018
Public Programs

Upcoming Programs
Tue, May 21, 2019 @ 6:00 pm

Brenda Wineapple — The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

Latest News from Roosevelt House

Hunter College Receives Donation of Historic Franklin Delano Roosevelt Correspondence

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Roosevelt House History

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
What is Holding India Back from Becoming a World Superpower?
- By: Sol-Marie Quintero
Another Chance: Making the “Ban the Box” Campaign a Nationwide Effort
- By: Jordan Roman
New York Pushes for Progressive Reproductive Health Rights and Accessibility

Special Projects

Politics, Policy, and the Arts

Youth, Jobs and the Future: Responses to Youth Unemployment
History

Roosevelt House Announces Digital Exhibit “Women Take the Lead”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: HUNTER COLLEGE CONTACT: Roosevelt House Digital Media and Programs, 212-396-7947 / media@roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu Roosevelt House Announces Online, Digital Exhibit of Women Take the Lead: From Elizabeth Cady Stanton…
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
Roosevelt House — the former double townhouse of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Delano Roosevelt, and now owned by Hunter College — offers visitors a chance to get closer to a…

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