In a city where zip code often determines life expectancy, early educational intervention is not just an academic issue—it is a matter of public health. As someone working within the… 
Introduction With my students at Hunter College, we combed through MTA open data to determine if trucks were avoiding the congestion charge and driving through the Bronx and/or Staten Island…
Health policies should be based on facts, not politics. Unfortunately, the opposite seems to be the trend. Policies don’t always match up with the facts, especially when it comes to…
New York City is undergoing a crisis: an affordable housing crisis. According to the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, in 2023, the net vacancy rate for all housing…
Sales taxes are regressive, meaning that the poor pay a higher share of their income in these taxes than the rich. This is in contrast to progressive income taxes, which…
Say your profession is hunting after treasure chests. You find one treasure chest, but it almost always only has a key to the next one. The next one, however, is…
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a commonly used phrase, intended to indicate that if one is in a difficult situation, the solution is for them to just get…
What is the role of police? If you ask the police themselves, they will likely respond with some variation of the LAPD’s motto “to protect and serve.” But even beyond…
Study after study shows that people of color who are living paycheck to paycheck use predatory lending services. Government is part of the problem. It allows traditional banks to impose…
Every institution within our political system has been thrown into chaos in the year 2020. Every month holds a new historic event to shake the world in ways like never…
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