Let’s Really Transform NYC’s Private Waste System

The City should dramatically decrease pollution and increase safety and environmental justice in overhauling its massive commercial waste system.

Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseApril 27, 2022jan2022-onwards

Rikers Island Today: Part Two. Will ‘3-3-3’ Be A Formula for Peace?

A new policy breaks up cellblock “gang houses” and injects credible messengers to deescalate violence.

JusticeSeth MoncreaseApril 20, 2022jan2022-onwards

Rikers Island Today: Part One. A Culture of Callousness Seems ‘Unbreakable’

I’ve worked at Rikers Island. I’ve been detained there, too – twice. And a “let them loose on each other” attitude prevailed.

JusticeSeth MoncreaseApril 13, 2022jan2022-onwards

Heightened Suffering, Dwindling Supplies: Meeting the Crisis at Rikers

With supplies for detainees running low, community donors stepped in.

Covid-19, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJanuary 26, 2022jan2022-onwards

Returning to Rikers On a Bridge of Memories

I first went to Rikers at age 17, in chains. Now I’m back, because I choose to help others.

JusticeSeth MoncreaseNovember 10, 2021march232021-onward

Reclaiming ‘Missing’ Children: They Don’t Fail – the System Fails Them

A former principal describes her vision for beginning to make schools into “incubators of citizenship and success.”

Education, Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseOctober 6, 2021march232021-onward

The Dollars and Sense of Legalizing Adult-Use Pot

Done right, legalization can redress longstanding injustices and strengthen local economies in both rural and urban communities.

Justice, Racial Equity, Inequality and PovertySeth MoncreaseFebruary 24, 2021UM march23-past

David Dinkins' Unfinished Work: Just and Effective Policing

Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins was committed to interracial democracy and just policing – values that still resonate today.

Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseDecember 1, 2020David Dinkins, New York, UM march23-past

For Safer Streets, Invest In Community Anti-Violence Groups

Community violence prevention organizations have produced real results in reducing gun violence. They deserve more resources, support, and respect from policymakers looking for community-based approaches to public safety.

Covid-19, JusticeSeth MoncreaseSeptember 23, 2020Covid-19, Justice, UM march23-past

100 (+) Days Of Solitude: What’s Been In Your Lockdown Library?

Our colleagues tell us what they’ve been reading during the powerful, disturbing days we’ve all just been through.

Police Violence Is a Public Health Crisis. Here’s How to End It.

The problem isn’t isolated decisions by “bad apples.” It’s decisions made at much higher levels of the government and social system.

Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJune 23, 2020UM jun242020-past

An American Reckoning – And a Movement that Has Changed Common Sense

The crisis, as ever, is white supremacy. But this is not a rerun; this is something new.

Covid-19, Racial Equity, JusticeSeth MoncreaseJune 16, 2020UM jun242020-past

After George Floyd: Naming The Pain, Finding A New Path

This moment holds much more than rage at police brutality: the path of the coronavirus has revealed the dense fabric of inequality in a manner we have never seen before.

Justice, Racial EquitySeth MoncreaseJune 4, 2020George Floyd, Protest, UM jun242020-past

Covid-19 and Hospital Inequality; Why It’s Getting Worse, and How to Fix It

The Covid-19 pandemic is hitting the underfinanced hospitals serving thousands of poor and working-class New Yorkers the hardest. Now it’s up to State and City policymakers to straighten things out and make New York City’s hospital system work better for everyone.