Urban Studies
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Michael Javen Fortner and Marie Gottschalk: How Should We Reform Criminal Justice?
The Murphy Institute is known for its public programming, bringing thinkers, leaders and policymakers together to discuss the issues vital to making change in our city and our world. In the Fall issue of Dissent, Michael Javen Fortner and Marie Gottschalk outlined opposing visions of how we created mass incarceration, and how we should think about…
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Brooklyn Youth Create Jobs (and Community Roots) Through Local Compost Program
This article was originally featured at YES! Magazine. By Rebecca Nathanson Snow covered most of the ground at El Garden, a community garden in the north Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. The exception was the area around its three compost bins, shoveled out and made accessible to the six people who were working there. One of…
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Calling All Applicants: 2016 Diversity Scholarship
To be eligible for the scholarship, you must apply and be accepted into the MA in Labor Studies program. MA in Labor Studies Deadline: March 15 Please contact Laurie.Kellogg@cuny.edu 212-642-2055 for more information Open House dates: Feb. 25, March 1, March 9 Are You Ready to Make a Difference? The Murphy Institute for Worker Education…
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$15/hr in NYC: A Historic Move
Yesterday, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio made a historic announcement: by 2018, he’ll raise the minimum wage for city workers to $15/hour. From WNYC: [T]he mayor described the move as part of his larger OneNYC plan to move more New Yorkers out of poverty: “Our goal is, again, 800,000 people over the next 10 years and…
