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Faculty Forum – Public Policy

The Fiscal Relief States Really Need

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…  

Reframing Climate Change as a Moral Problem

This post appeared as part of a Roosevelt House Faculty Journal series on the New and Renewed Visions of Environmental Justice.   Climate justice refers to the whole constellation of philosophical…  

Faculty Journal: New and Renewed Visions of Environmental Justice

The Faculty Journal series features commissioned opinion and commentary pieces by the Hunter College community on Public Policy and Human Rights topics. (The writing and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors…  

Environmental Racism, Black Lives, and the Struggle for Justice

This post appeared as part of a Roosevelt House Faculty Journal series on the New and Renewed Visions of Environmental Justice.   Over the past decade, activist groups have mobilized nationally…  

Time-Limited Benefits Before Permanent SSDI Disability Benefits

PDF version of this article.   Introduction The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs are important sources of financial support for the millions of working-age…  

The Effect of the Housing Crisis on the Finances of Central Cities

Howard Chernick, Hunter College and City University of New York Andrew Reschovsky, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and University of Wisconsin-Madison Sandra Newman, Johns Hopkins University Prepared for presentation at…  

Trump’s Electoral Support in a Deeply Divided Country

The bitterly fought 2016 presidential election campaign ended with Donald Trump’s Electoral College victory over Hillary Clinton, which highlighted a deeply divided nation along race, class, and gender lines. It…  

The Intersections of Race and Poverty in the United States: Some Ethnographic Notes

A few weeks ago, at the beginning of August 2016, the 41st precinct in the South Bronx hosted a summer barbecue. My family and I live only a few blocks…  

A Reason for Hope – Policing in America

“There is an unbroken line of police violence in the US that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery.” -Angela Davis “America is a divided nation,…  

Evolving From a Culture of Divisiveness and Hate

Fifty two years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. accepted his Nobel Peace Prize Award on behalf of 22 million African-Americans in the civil rights movement “engaged in a creative…