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New York Times: “Before That Gilded Tower, Another President-Elect Had a Manhattan Home Base”
Online Mini-Exhibit — The Roosevelts and Thanksgiving
The Roosevelt House COVID-19 Forum
Unpacking the Tensions Between Minority Communities & Law Enforcement in the United States
Faculty Journal — The Discriminatory Impact of COVID-19
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.
Apply for the JFEW Eleanor Roosevelt Scholars Program by March 15
Speaking of Justice: Conversations on Race, Racism, and Reform
View Online — A Lens on FDR’s New Deal: Photographs by Arthur Rothstein, 1935-1945
Visit Roosevelt House: Historic Home of Franklin, Eleanor and Sara Roosevelt in New York City
Donate to the Coronavirus Emergency Assistance Fund Here

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
Roosevelt House Faculty Associate Mimi Abramovitz’s Podcast “Social Security for Everyone” on The Thought Project
Roosevelt House Faculty Associate William A. Herbert co-authored study “Supplementary Directory of New Bargaining Agents and Contracts in Institutions of Higher Education, 2013–2019”
Roosevelt House Faculty Associate Mimi Abramovitz Co-Authors Article “The Persistence of Residential Segregation by Race, 1940 to 2010: The Role of Federal Housing Policy”
Public Programs

Upcoming Programs

Currently, there are no upcoming events scheduled. Here is a selection of recent events:
Recent Programs
January 21, 2021 | Dr. William A. Haseltine — My Lifelong Fight Against Disease: From Polio and AIDS to COVID-19
Recent Programs
January 11, 2021 | [Students Only] Speaking of Justice — After the Capitol Siege: Exploring History, Law, and Justice
Recent Programs
December 17, 2020 | John A. Riggs — High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America
Recent Programs
December 9, 2020 | Public Policy Capstone Presentations Fall 2020
Recent Programs
December 3, 2020 | Virtual Meeting Platforms: Government Control and Corporate Compliance
Recent Programs
December 2, 2020 | Food Insecurity During COVID 19: Policy Lessons and Challenges
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November 23, 2020 | Jonathan Alter — His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life
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November 19, 2020 | Zachary Shirkey — American Dove: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Failure of Force
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November 12, 2020 | Catherine Grace Katz — The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans – A Story of Love and War
Recent Programs
November 2, 2020 | Speaking of Justice — Election 2020. Who has the answers? Students ask the questions.
Recent Programs
October 29, 2020 | David E. Sanger and John Maggio — The Perfect Weapon
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October 27, 2020 | Politics, Partisanship, and the 2020 Elections: Fresh Perspectives from Hunter’s Political Science Department
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October 22, 2020 | U. S. Senator Sherrod Brown — Desk 88: Eight Progressive Senators Who Changed America
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October 21, 2020 | Climate Change and Cultural Extinction: A Human Rights Crisis
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October 14, 2020 | Charles A. Kupchan — Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself from the World
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October 14, 2020 | Election 2020: Insights on Activism from Gen Z
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October 8, 2020 | The 2020 Jack Newfield Lecture — Celebrating the Publication of Wayne Barrett’s Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption
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October 7, 2020 | David Michaelis — Eleanor: A Biography
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October 1, 2020 | Speaking of Justice — Policing: Reform, Defund, or Abolish?
Recent Programs
September 22, 2020 | John Nichols — The Fight for the Soul of the Democratic Party: The Enduring Legacy of Henry Wallace’s Anti-Fascist, Anti-Racist Politics

Latest News from Roosevelt House

Dust storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. 1936

Now Online — “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
The Fiscal Relief States Really Need
- By: Howard Chernick
Facing a coronavirus-induced recession, states and cities are looking at an acute fiscal crisis, with the National Governors Association requesting $500 billion in fiscal relief from the federal government.
In recessions, the federal government has a crucial responsibility to maintain the fiscal viability of states and local governments. Without additional federal revenue, states ...
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 ...
Roosevelt House Student Forum
Strive Towards Restorative Justice with a Call towards Mental Health Services and Response
- By: Becks Zimberg
Moving Past the Green New Deal Rhetoric
- By: Mohamad Amin
Modern Anti-Trust Law: Looking Past Big Tech
- By: Max Deutsch

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 to…

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