The Problem In New York State 105,000 children have a parent in prison or jail. Many of these children live in Brooklyn. A 2013 analysis of Department of Corrections’ data by Gothamist found three Brooklyn neighborhoods disproportionately accounting for the…
Read MoreThe Equality Indicators spoke with Clorinda Andrade, University Coordinator, of CUNY’s Fatherhood Academy, about inequality. The Academy serves any father between the ages of 18-25 years of age in NYC who wants to expand their education and/or seek better…
Read MoreChange-Makers Series: FamilyWorks Program at the Osborne Association The Problem At any given time, more than 5 million children in the United States have a parent in jail or prison. In New York, that number is 148,000 a year. “Orphans…
Read More2016 Olympics mark a milestone in gender equality: the highest rate of participation by female athletes, 45%. The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) charter includes gender equality as one of its core commitments. It has steadily increased the number of events…
Read More2015 marked the end of muscle cars. Muscle cars (non-European, high-performance vehicles) were a five-decade trend in America. They had big, loud, and dirty V-8 engines, the first of which roared in the 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket. 1950 to 1970 was…
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