79% of incinerators are located in low-income communities and communities of color. The Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School has uncovered for the first time that approximately 8 out of 10 waste incinerators in the U.S. are located in environmental justice communities …
A Q&A with environmental policy expert Dr. Ana I. Baptista. With Earth Day approaching, Urban Matters spotlights a new report, “Local Policies for Environmental Justice,”from the Tishman Environment and Design Center (TEDC) at The New School. It reviews a growing movement to enlist local governments in stopping …
There is no function of government more central to democracy than the Census—from apportioning seats for public office to federal funding formulas and data for social scientists. The 2020 Census will be the first on-line Census. It is grossly underfunded and the federal administration in …
If cities begin to collaborate on finding solutions for urgent problems, they will not only create benefits for citizens, but spur innovation and growth as well. That was the main takeaway from the “Unleashing Cities’ Collective Superpower” panel at #SXSW that featured Maya Wiley, Senior …
The power of social movements to hold governments, institutions, and individuals accountable is increasingly apparent in these troubling and turbulent times. While many people define any gathering of people as a social movement, in this Brown Bag, Milano Professor, Sujatha Jesudason shares a more nuanced definition of social movements …
