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In Two Seconds: Tamir Rice 2002-2014
by Mark Doty the boy’s face climbed back down the twelve-year tunnel of its becoming, a charcoal sunflower swallowing itself. Who has eyes to see, or ears to hear? If you could see what happens fastest, unmaking the human irreplaceable, a star falling into complete gravitational darkness from all points of itself, all this: the…
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Summer Spaces Activity Specialist, Fresh Air Fund, NYC
Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund has worked with and provided free summer experiences to New York City children from low-income communities. More than 1.8 million children have been served through two core program areas, the Fresh Air Camps on Sharpe Reservation, and through visits to volunteer host families in states along the East Coast…
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Summer Space Support Staff, Fresh Air Fund, New York City
Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund has worked with and provided free summer experiences to New York City children from low-income communities. More than 1.8 million children have been served through two core program areas, the Fresh Air Camps on Sharpe Reservation, and through visits to volunteer host families in states along the East Coast…
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New Book on Immigration from Prof. Ruth Milkman
Distinguished Professor Ruth Milkman has just released her 13th book, Immigration Labor and the New Precariat, published by Polity. In it, she suggests that immigration is not the cause of growing inequality, as promoters of the “immigrant threat narrative” claim. Rather, the influx of low-wage immigrants is a consequence of a concerted effort on the part of…
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