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A Broken Promise: Agency-Based Voter Registration in New York City
Voter registration is the number one barrier to the vote. An estimated 51 million eligible citizens, more than 24 percent of the electorate, could not cast a ballot on Election Day in the 2012...
Fraud and Financial Mismanagement in Pennsylvania's Charter Schools
Charter school officials have defrauded at least $30 million intended for Pennsylvania school children since 1997. Yet every year virtually all of the state’s charter schools are found to be...
Paying an Unfair Price: The Financial Penalty for Being LGBT in America
LGBT Americans have the same worries as other Americans when it comes to paying for healthcare and other needs, finding good jobs, and saving for the future.
Citizenship: A Wise Investment for Cities
Metropolitan areas derive much of their vitality from their large immigrant populations. When immigrants become citizens, they make a deeper investment in their communities, leading to civic,...
Vulture Capital Hits Home
The financial industry has found yet another way to profit from the distress of homeowners. Investors are trading distressed residential assets – mortgages and vacant properties in severe
New Report: Raise Chicago
The recession appears to be safely in the rearview mirror for corporations, whose profits and stock prices have rebounded. However, the jobs recovery has been fueled by the proliferation of jobs...
Charter School Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Minnesota passed the first charter school law in 1991.[i] Since then, lawmakers in 41 states and the District of Columbia have written their own charter school laws.[ii] By all accounts, the growth...
Developing Progress: Ensuring that public resources contribute to New York’s equity, resilience, and dynamic democracy
Developing Progress is a proposal for progressive development policies and a call for responsible real estate development that values the safety of workers.
Fatally Flawed: Why the Rockefeller Institute’s Scaffold Law Report Doesn’t Add Up
New York State’s Labor Law §240 (commonly known as the Scaffold Law) helps keep workers safe by holding employers and owners liable if unsafe conditions at their worksites result in injuries or death...
More Riders, More Access, Better Service
Transit can help bridge the divides that separate us: economic class, race, age, disability status, and access to opportunities. Transit is unique in its ability to produce a more equitable state....
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