Following the recent protests and violence surrounding the removal of Confederate statues in the U.S., national and local news media invited Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer to contribute to the… 
In a July 14 piece for The Telegraph entitled “Ken Burns’s 10 favorite secret New York hangouts,” renowned filmmaker Ken Burns identifies the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter…
NEW EXHIBIT AT ROOSEVELT HOUSE OPENS MAY 11 ON ENDURING IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL ON NYC Posters, Murals, Maps, Photos, and First-Ever WPA Map on View Opening Night Panel…
As a follow-up to a May 2016 colloquium titled Intersections of Race and Class in Special Education Policy, subsequent Colloquium Summary Recommendations, and the Fall 2016 Roosevelt House Faculty Seminar Series we present a special…
“I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” (Pledge of Allegiance, Original Version, Bellamy, 1892) If…
Hunter College mourns the death of Peter Kwong, Distinguished Professor of Urban Policy and Planning and Professor of Asian Studies. Professor Kwong, whose career spanned the fields of scholarship, journalism,…
Photo credit:”Empowering a New Generation” by DAVID SHEN; European Pressphoto Agency; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute…
The great human rights pioneer Robert L. Bernstein, founder of Human Rights Watch, appeared at Roosevelt House this week to discuss his recent book Speaking Freely: My Life in Publishing and…
Roosevelt House, an integral part of Hunter College since 1943, reopened in 2010 as a public policy institute honoring the distinguished legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Its mission is three-fold: to educate students in public policy and human rights, to support faculty research, and to foster creative dialogue.
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