Some women persist in giving voice to the attitude that if we are at home taking care of our kids, that we are "not working." They say things like "as a career-driven woman, I have always worked," implying that when a mom doesn't have a paid job that she is a nonproductive burden. Or they'll [...]
In this city there are 297,611 people crammed into apartments with too many others.* Policy researchers call this “severe overcrowding.” It is also known as “doubling up”—sharing an apartment meant for one family with other families who need their own apartment too, but can’t afford it. Sometimes these are relatives or friends. Often they are [...]
Michael Goodwin wrote a small piece in the New York Post today where he told readers that "population is a growing concern." He says that "explosive population growth." is more dangerous than terrorism or swine flu. The research he cited from Britain states that the global population is at 6.8 billion and that it is [...]
A month ago, James Farrior died in a Queens day care. The day care in Mexico that burned to the ground in June had only a handful of adults minding 142 kids. On July 2, 2009, Daniel Slutsky, age 2, suffocated to death in Pennsylvania when his day care worker forgot about him, leaving him [...]
This is the story of what happened when I tried to help a New York City mother with no money to get a crib. On the afternoon of July 17th, this mother came to my office in a city hospital with her year old baby, Ursula. The baby has been sharing an adult bed with [...]