Opinion
Commentary: Tackling racial inequality starts with New York City’s DOE
New Yorkers just voted to redress racial inequality in our city. It should start with the schools.
Opinion
Commentary: Keeping older New Yorkers safe
Ensuring elderly justice is a priority with rising concerns over crime.
Commentary: When police become our government
What should law enforcement do? Solving crimes, not running community centers, is the direct route to reducing crime and improving trust.
Opinion
Opinion: The power of the AAPI vote in 2022 and beyond
Here’s why the Asian American Pacific Islander community needs to be counted going into the midterm elections.
Nonprofits
Opinion: How a court’s mission aligned with its response to Superstorm Sandy
The Red Hook Community Justice Center took the same holistic approach to overcoming challenges in the criminal justice system when Superstorm Sandy hit ten years ago.
Opinion
Commentary: Mend It, Don’t End It
An analysis on salvaging broken windows.
Criminal justice
Commentary: I have spent years fighting a wrongful conviction – a struggle known by many
The exoneration process takes far too long and needs streamlining.
Nonprofits
Real Talk: How is the Adams Administration doing on procurement reform?
New York City’s payment delays threaten nonprofits.
Domestic Violence Awareness Month arrives in the worst year for gender justice in recent U.S. history
The repeal of Roe v. Wade, among other events, have made 2022 catastrophic for women and pregnant people, leaving Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrant and impoverished women, trans and non-binary people to suffer at disproportionately high levels.
Honesty and incremental reforms in the nonprofit sector may be the keys to solving difficult social issues
Poverty, ineffective education and violence have no easy solutions and many organizations over promise to achieve results.
Opinion
Finding the joy in social change
How to balance the challenges and fulfillment that come with nonprofit work.
Fundraising
Attracting the best fundraising candidate in a competitive talent market
Here’s how to approach the best recruits in a post-COVID-19 working environment.
Nonprofits
Editor’s Note: Missing the 9/11 Tribute Museum
The museum’s location in lower Manhattan was closed just about a month before this year’s observance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Opinion
Anatomy of an apology
A restorative justice practitioner examines Will Smith’s latest message regarding the infamous "Oscar slap."
Opinion
Closing the tech gap in NYC starts with expanding K-12 computing education
With a boom in tech jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, preparing New Yorkers from underrepresented communities for these positions should be a top priority for the city.
Opinion
The argument for more electric vehicle charging stations in NYC
Being intentional about placing stations in communities that need them most, city leaders can address access, environmental, health and equity issues head on.
Immigration
Editor’s Note: Migrants arriving in NYC deserve their day in court
Nonprofits working with the new arrivals have received hundreds of improperly addressed asylum hearing notices.
Nonprofits
Commentary: The last week of August is a good time to take off and get deep about your nonprofit
Use those seven days to take a breather and consider the false choice between taking care of ourselves and meeting our missions. Holding both requires new ways of leading.
Opinion
The fate of ‘New York’s Bravest’ lost on 9/11 and its sobering lessons
A new book, ‘Don’t Look Back’ by former investigative Daily News reporter Joe Calderone, offers a look at how the city responds to and learns from a disaster, so it can improve its response to future emergencies.
Opinion
