Why Progressives Should Say No to NIMBY.

How a strategy for economic growth and development can also make for a more equitable city.

Seth MoncreaseMay 3, 2023jan2023-onwards

‘My Goal Is to Help Parents Be Their Child’s Best Advocate’:

A “teacher’s kid” talks about helping families find pathways to education equity for their children in the nation’s largest public school system.

Seth MoncreaseApril 26, 2023jan2023-onwards

The Constitution Prohibits Unreasonable Searches. Child Welfare Investigators Routinely Conduct Them.

The Fourth Amendment right to be secure in one’s home should apply in child welfare cases.

Seth MoncreaseApril 19, 2023jan2023-onwards

Let’s Fight Crime the Proven Way: By Increasing the Minimum Wage

Crime fell dramatically when New York State started increasing the minimum wage and reducing income inequality. That wasn’t a coincidence.

Seth MoncreaseApril 12, 2023jan2023-onwards

Young People Face a Mental Health Crisis. Here’s What New York City Should Do About It.

We know what’s needed: Expanded school-based services. More clinics. Deeper parental involvement. And decent pay for frontline workers.

Seth MoncreaseApril 5, 2023jan2023-onwards

Want to Reduce Violence? Invest in Community Solutions.

Community violence intervention programs work. But they’re hemmed in by a too-narrow focus.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 29, 2023jan2023-onwards

How Committed Parents Steer a Brooklyn School’s Hopeful Course

An inner-city elementary school thrives as parents work for the common good.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 22, 2023jan2023-onwards

Vulnerable Workers Need An Unemployment Safety Net

Many workers, heavily concentrated in low-income industries, can’t get unemployment insurance. Here’s how to solve that problem.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 15, 2023jan2023-onwards

Pro-Development Notes Sound. But Will New Housing Happen?

City and State leaders want to make it easier to build. But other pieces of the housing puzzle may be more important.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 8, 2023jan2023-onwards

Three Ways New York City Can Prevent Wage Theft

Primarily low-wage workers often suffer from violations of wage standards and denial of benefits. Here’s what City government can do to protect them.

Seth MoncreaseMarch 1, 2023jan2023-onwards

Let’s Freeze New York’s Useless Business Subsidies

When something doesn’t work, stop doing it. That includes awarding pointless big-ticket tax breaks.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 22, 2023jan2023-onwards

To Meet New York’s Childcare Crisis, Cut Red Tape and Increase Wages

We need to do better meeting the needs of a shamefully underpaid profession.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 15, 2023jan2023-onwards

Governor Hochul’s Budget Under-invests in the ‘New York Dream’

New York State’s proposed tax and spending plan continues a decade of disinvestment in its people.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 8, 2023jan2023-onwards

From Surveillance and Control to Family Assistance and Support

It’s time to end policies that result in harsh and racially biased disruption and harassment of families living in poverty.

Seth MoncreaseFebruary 1, 2023jan2023-onwards

Enough to Make You Sick: Curbing High Private Hospital Costs

Why is health care in New York City so expensive? The high and rapidly growing cost of private hospital care is the prime cause.

Seth MoncreaseJanuary 25, 2023jan2023-onwards

America Has a Retirement Crisis. It Needs a Universal Retirement Plan.

Despite Social Security, millions of Americans face economic hardship once their work lives end. We need to strengthen our retirement system.

Seth MoncreaseJanuary 18, 2023jan2023-onwards

New York’s Housing Is Falling Apart. Here’s How to Stop That.

By almost every measure, basic housing maintenance is spiraling downward. The City has the tools to turn that around.

Seth MoncreaseJanuary 11, 2023jan2023-onwards

2022 Fiction and Poetry from The New School Community

This year’s titles include a multi-generational family saga intersecting with environmental apocalypse, a re-imagined Jazz Age crime story, and a YA novel of the Jersey Shore written in verse.

Seth MoncreaseDecember 14, 2022sept2022-onwards

Great 2022 Nonfiction From the New School Community

The street art that helped change the direction of Chilean politics, the folk music revolution that helped change American life, and more.

Seth MoncreaseDecember 7, 2022sept2022-onwards

An E-Commerce Warehouse Boom Imperils Communities of Color. Here’s How to Protect Them.

Strengthening New York City’s zoning requirements for last-mile warehouses will better protect the health and safety of workers and nearby residents.

Seth MoncreaseNovember 30, 2022sept2022-onwards