New Edition of Child Welfare Watch: Young New Yorkers and the Criminal Justice System
In the past decade, New York City has transformed its treatment of children and young adults who get in trouble with the law. As the city enters its final year under the administration of Mayor Bloomberg, we consider the progress of reforms and the places where they've been stymied. And we look at the impact on communities that have long been destabilized by cycles of crime, police scrutiny, arrest and incarceration.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 14
The Inside Story of Election 2012
The 2012 election lacked the high drama of 2008. In contrast, the 2012 campaigns may be remembered as a succession of mini-gaffes and hourly skirmishes fueled by over-caffeinated operatives and reporters on Twitter. Was it all just "sound and fury... signifying nothing?" Or did the trivia obscure real changes in politics—and the way politics are covered? READ MORE » WATCH VIDEO »
Wednesday, October 24
NYC 1972-2012: Forty years of change and continuity
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of The New School's graduate program in Urban Policy Analysis and Management, scholars and policymakers discussed our city's evolution since the early 1970s. Neighborhoods have been revived and rebuilt, migrations have transformed the five boroughs, local government has bounced back from the edge of insolvency. Yet the New York of 1972 is strikingly similar to the city of today. READ MORE » WATCH VIDEO »
NEWS BRIEF
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14
Child Welfare in the Storm: What Happens to Vulnerable Families after a Disaster?
The day after Hurricane Sandy blew through the eastern seaboard, a social worker in Manhattan was frantic to track down a little girl on Long Island. The child is 2 years old and lives with her foster mother in a neighborhood that had been slammed by the storm. She had a tracheotomy when she was a baby, and needs a feeding tube to eat and an oxygen machine to breath. No one knew whether the family had been evacuated or where they were. READ MORE »
Child Welfare Watch Blog
Child Welfare Watch provides in-depth investigative reporting, news and analysis on children and family services. We track the real-life impact of public policy and reform initiatives. Visit our CHILD WELFARE WATCH BLOG »
Feet in Two Worlds
A new report argues that immigration enforcement is a kind of legal violence inflicted upon immigrants and their families. Erwin de Leon says it hurts the nation as a whole. READ MORE »
Insideschools.org Blog
Parents Liz Rosenberg, Kemala Karmen and Dionne Grayman organized the first Parents' Charrette which was held on December 8. Here is their report on how the event went, plus next steps for the group. READ MORE »
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