Upward mobility and education are inextricably linked. Education is one of the few vehicles poor kids have to improve their circumstances in life. But research from our NYC Equality Indicators study finds kids living in bottom 20% median income Census…
Read MoreWatching football over the weekend, I was surprised to see Cadillac using openly-gay designer, Jason Wu, as the focus of their “Dare Greatly” campaign. But I was pleased. LGBT youth face so many challenges, it is a success story that…
Read MoreAsian-Americans are typically perceived by the general public as a “model minority.” Based on the Equality Indicators data, in NYC the median household income of Asians ($37,000) exceeds that of Hispanics ($34,000) and blacks ($35,000), but falls behind whites ($56,200). In…
Read MoreNationally we are witnessing a promising trend of declining arrest rates for youth. However, from 1996-2011 girls’ arrest rates declined less than boys’ (42% versus 57%). Why? A new report from The National Crittenton Foundation on “Gender Injustice” sheds light…
Read MoreI have called NYC home for over 60 years. Living and working as a government official and City University of New York (CUNY) Sociology Professor in it, I never fail to find something new, remarkable, or strange about it every…
Read MoreNo surprises for me in a recently released report from McKinsey and Lean In on gender parity in corporate America. According to the report, women are underrepresented at every level of the corporate hierarchy. Disparity is greatest in senior leadership;…
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