Posts tagged integration
Regional Solutions to Segregation and Racial Inequity: Can Metro Areas Overcome Inequality?

Suburban growth and development away from central cities have increased segregation and racial inequalities in the U.S. Using the Twin Cities region as a lens, Orfield shows why policy makers must shift from neighborhood-level responses and develop regional solutions that promote equity and integration for housing, jobs, and schools.

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerCenter for New York City Affairs, city government, CNYCA, communities, community organizations, education, Henry Cohen Lecture, housing, inequality, integration, jobs, NYC, policies, politics, public policy, racial inequality, schools, segregation, The New SchoolComment
Crime, Justice and the Economic Crisis

Like New York, most states face deepening budget gaps and are slashing education and human services. Nationwide, states pour $50 billion a year into incarceration. New York led the way in expanding its prison system more than 25 years ago; should it lead the way in the other direction today? Will the federal government take a new approach to criminal justice in an Obama administration?

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Kramerbudget, budget crisis, city government, communities, community organizations, Criminal Justice, economy, education, federal government, human services, integration, Obama administration, policies, politics, prison system, public education, public policy, state budget, state prisons, urban policyComment