The Big Idea: Prison Break
Alisa Rot |
Ohio and Illinois have used dollars budgeted to incarcerate prisoners as incentives for cities to invest in crime prevention. Two scholars say reinvestment can work in New York, too.
City Lit: Crossing Oceans
Frankie Edozien |
My Heart Will Cross this Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou
By Kadiatou Diallo
One World/Ballantine Books, 272 pages, $24.95
Michael Bloomberg
NYC Inc: Safety 'Net
Tom Kamber |
We’re wired to help the poor like never before–but are we willing?
Michael Bloomberg
Money For Nothing?
Geoffrey Gray |
The city’s Campaign Finance Board shells out millions to level the playing field. But as incumbents coast to victory and share the wealth with loved ones, the board scrambles to stop further abuse.
Gifford Miller
The War on Catfights
Hilary Russ |
In the age of “zero tolerance,” young women who get into fights are more likely than ever to end up charged with a crime.
Latino
AIDS Goes Gray
Kai Wright and LeRoy Whitfield |
Two decades have passed. Medicine has advanced. People are living longer. But what will happen when an intricate and expensive safety net can’t keep up?
A Second Look
Phyllis Vine |
It’s not art therapy, and please don’t use the words “outsider art.” At Odyssey House in East Harlem, six artists–one former jet-setter and five mentally ill people in recovery–share their visions.
