Opinion Archives - Page 177 of 193

Policy Must Shift from Managing Inequality to Challenging It

“It’s not enough to help people meet their basic needs. There must be a full-scale effort to develop policies and programs that materially improve wages and earnings, educational experiences and…

Education Opinion

Educating Kids … By Educating Parents, Too

By helping parents learn English, encouraging home literacy and fostering school engagement, one program is finding that increasing educational attainment is a family affair.

Education Opinion

NYC Needs More College Counselors

The school system has made college readiness a priority. A key—and often missing—ingredient to a successful transition to college is for kids to have some guidance getting there.

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

At Stake in Rent Fight: Does Democracy Work?

Despite little outreach by the RGB, its 2014 hearings displayed a surge of tenant interest. The vote on a rent freeze will say as much about democracy, the author says,…

Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA Opinion

NYCHA Safety Depends on More than Cops or Cameras

Amid outrage over the stabbing of two children in a public-housing elevator, the author calls for solutions that go beyond increased policing or even surveillance cameras to include partnering with…

Justice Opinion

Are We Overmedicating Kids in Foster Care?

A third of the kids in foster care diagnosed with ADHD have been treated with off-label antipsychotic drugs. That’s too many children getting medicine we know too little about.

Justice Opinion

Militarized Policing, Gentrifying City: Doubting NYPD Reforms

Op-ed: Recent remarks by the NYPD commissioner to real-estate titans and alongside a retired military commander should concern people who want to see real change at One Police Plaza.

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Property Taxes Key to Solving Housing, Inequality Crises

Inequities in the tax system punish renters, reward owners and contribute to economic inequality and the shortage of affordable housing in New York.

Economy Government Opinion

Time for de Blasio to Reform 'Welfare Reform'

Reducing income inequality depends on a sound, fair social safety net—something the city has not had in 20 years.

Justice Opinion

How to Stop an Explosion of Violence on Rikers Island

Amid a sharp increase in fights and injuries, a former corrections officer lays out a plan to avoid more bloodshed.

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