URBAN AGENDA

Biweekly newspaper column by David R. Jones, CSS President, on current issues affecting the lives of low-income New Yorkers.

May 1 - 7, 2008	Employment Barriers of the Formerly Incarcerated Damage Our Communities
April 17 - 23 , 2008	Problems Getting Health Insurance? NYC MCCAP Can Help
April 3 - 9 , 2008	King's Call to Unionize Low-Wage Workers
March 20 – 26, 2008	From Harlem to Albany – The Path to Power
March 6 – 12, 2008	Low-Income Lives in Black and White
February 21 – 27, 2008	Fixing the Juvenile Justice System
February 7 - 13, 2008	With Edwards Departure, Will the Candidates Ignore Our Nation’s Poor?
January 24 - 30, 2008	"The Unheard Third" – Giving a Voice to Low-Income New Yorkers
January 10 – 16, 2008	A Portrait of Life in Black New York City
December 27, 2007 – January 2, 2008	Foster Care Youths at Risk
December 13 – 19, 2007	Giving Felons a Second Chance
November 29 – December 5, 2007	A New Era for Black Political Power
November 15 - 21, 2007	Investing in People
November 1 - 7, 2007	Youth Corps: Strategies for Young People
October 18 - 24, 2007	Investing in Our Disconnected Youth
October 4 – 10, 2007	Public Housing in Jeopardy
September 20 – 26, 2007	Brownsville Center Fighting Obesity
September 6 – 12, 2007	Expand Health Insurance to Our Uninsured Children
August 23 – 29, 2007	Vocational High Schools Need Our Support
August 9 - 15, 2007	Redeeming the Promise of CUNY’s Community Colleges
July 26 – August 1, 2007	Do Nonprofit Hospitals Serve the Poor?
July 12 - 18, 2007	Court Ordered Segregation
June 28 - July 4, 2007	New York Must Respond to Threats to Public Housing
June 14 - 20, 2007	Affordable Housing Under Siege
May 31 - June 6, 2007	Working Their Way Home
May 17 - 23, 2007	Poverty Reflects Nation's Indifference
May 3 - 9 , 2007	Low-Wage Workers Need Unions
April 19 – 25, 2007	Poverty Weakens New York’s Global Status
April 5 - 11, 2007	Will the City's Renters Finally Get a Tax Break?
March 22 - 28, 2007	Get It Right on Health Care Funding
March 8 - 14, 2007	Working Cities Forum: Talking About Poverty
February 22 - 28, 2007	For Black Men: A Sentence That Never Ends
February 8 - 14 , 2007	Shifting Health Care Back to Patients
January 25 - 31, 2007	A Life in Poverty Begins Early
January 11 - 17, 2007	Martin Luther King's Neglected Legacy: Economic Justice
December 28, 2006 - January 3, 2007	New York City on $32 a Week?
December 14 - 20, 2006	Can't Afford to Get Sick
November 30 - December 6, 2006	For the City's School Children: The Battle Continues
November 16 - 22, 2006	The Election's Over, Now the Real Work Begins
November 2 - 8, 2006	Vote on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7th
October 19 - 25, 2006	A Life and Death Issue for Communities of Color
October 5 - 11 , 2006	Confronting Poverty: Turning Hope into Reality
September 21 - 27 , 2006	No Relief for the Working Poor
September 7 - 13 , 2006	Left Behind By Failing Schools
August 24 - 30, 2006	Tax Relief for Renters
August 10 - 16, 2006	Don’t Pit Workers Against Immigrants
July 27 – August 2, 2006	New York City’s Cultural Divide
July 13 - 19 , 2006	Creating a Pipeline to Good Jobs
June 29 - July 5, 2006	For Those Out of School, Out of Work – A Second Chance
June 15 - 21, 2006	Don't Starve Universal Pre-K
June 1 - 7, 2006	Shortchanging Our Security
May 18 - 24, 2006	Apartheid in New York?
May 4 - 10, 2006	Saving the Children of Prisoners
April 20 - 26, 2006	Integrate the Fire Department
April 6 - 12, 2006	Jobs Still Scarce for Many New Yorkers
March 23 - 29, 2006	The Housing Crisis Hits Home
March 9 - 15, 2006	Jobholding Barrier: Felony Convictions
February 23 - March 1, 2006	To Combat Joblessness
February 9 - 15, 2006	Income Polarization Gets Worse
January 26 - February 1, 2006	Public Education: Still Segregated, Still Unequal
January 12 - 18, 2006	Your Medicare Drug Benefit Information Sheet
December 29, 2005 - January 4, 2006	The Strike: A Tribute to King's Memory
December 15 - 21, 2005	Health, Race, and Poverty
December 1 - 7, 2005	We Must Evaluate Our Educational Policies
November 3 - 9, 2005	Use Your Vote As a Voice
October 20 - 26, 2005	No Economic Recovery for the Working Poor
October 6 - 12, 2005	For America’s Poor, Life on the Edge
September 22 - 28, 2005	In This Election for Mayor, Every Vote Will Count
August 25 - 31, 2005	AmeriCorps: Putting Community Service Back in American Life
August 11 - 17, 2005	Joining Forces with the Public Advocate to Help Tenants
July 21 - 27, 2005	Mayoral Debate: Thursday, July 28, at Medgar Evers College
July 14 - 20, 2005	Olympic Dreams Over, Real Problems Remain
June 30 - July 6, 2005	The Last Disenfranchised Group of Citizens
June 16 - 22, 2005	A White Department in a Multicolored City
June 2 - 8, 2005	Spending School Funds Wisely
May 19 - 25, 2005	Jobless New Yorkers Need 21st Century Skills
May 5 - 11, 2005	Don’t Destroy Social Security
April 21 - 27, 2005	High Rents Consume Family Income
April 7 - 13, 2005	1.8 Million New Yorkers Without Health Insurance
March 24 - 30, 2005	What Are the Mayoral Candidates Going To Do About Our Schools?
March 10 - 16, 2005	The Voting Rights Act: 40 Years After “Bloody Sunday”
February 24 - March 2, 2005	47% of High School Students Drop Out
February 10 - 16, 2005	Wrong Choices in the Governor’s Budget
January 27 - February 2, 2005	170,000 Young People Out of School, Out of Work -- Out of Luck?
January 13 - 19, 2005	Mayoral Candidates: What’s On Their Agenda?
December 30, 2004 - January 5, 2005	The State of the City
December 16 - 22, 2004	Need Help With Your Managed Care Health Plan?
December 2 - 8, 2004	Another Threat to Affordable Housing
November 11 - 17, 2004	First Time Voters Make Their Voices Heard
October 28 - November 3, 2004	Vote on Tuesday, November 2nd
October 14 - 20, 2004	Underfunded Schools = Overcrowded Classrooms
September 30 - October 6, 2004	Who Wins is Decided by Who Votes
September 16 - 22, 2004	Workers Are Being Left Behind
September 2 - 8, 2004	By 3 to 1 Margin, New Yorkers Say Nation on Wrong Track
August 19 - 25, 2004	Racial Disparities in Health Care
August 5 - 11, 2004	A First Line Against Homelessness
July 22 - 28, 2004	Treating the Poor Like Criminals
July 8 - 14, 2004	Bush Housing Policy -- Where's the Mayor?
June 24 - 30, 2004	Combating Black Male Unemployment
June 10 - 16, 2004	Call 212-VOTE-NYC and Register to Vote
May 27 - June 2, 2004	Job Opportunities for New York's Black Men
May 13 - 19, 2004	School Segregation: The Major Divide in American Society
April 29 - May 5, 2004	How the News Media Covers Poverty
April 15 - 21, 2004	Let's End Felon Disenfranchisement
April 1 - 7, 2004	Richie Perez - Advocate for People of Color
March 18 - 24, 2004	For Many Black Men: Prison Yes - Jobs No
March 4 - 10, 2004	Black Men Shut Out of the Job Market
February 19 - 25, 2004	A Crisis in Health Care
February 5 - 11, 2004	Pataki's Budget: Making Life Tougher for the Working Poor
January 22 - 28, 2004	Tax Breaks for Homeowners, Tax Increases for Renters
January 8 - 14, 2004	Raise the State's Minimum Wage
December 18 - 24, 2003	Still Millions of Uninsured New Yorkers
December 4 - 10, 2003	CSS Poll: Still Extreme Hardships for New York's Poor
November 20 - 26, 2003	Expanding the Vote: The Path to Power
November 6 - 12, 2003	A Lesson in Democracy
October 23 - 29, 2003	Why Bother to Vote in an "Off Year" Election?
October 9 - 15, 2003	Let's Protect Our Community Health Centers
September 25 - October 1, 2003	Save Those Blue Collar Jobs
September 11 - 17, 2003	No Help for New York's Workers After 9/11
August 28 - September 3, 2003	Limit Class Sizes in Our Public Schools
August 14 - 20, 2003	Join Us - Help Kids Read
July 31 - August 6, 2003	Keep Ideology Out of Welfare Reauthorization
July 17 - 23, 2003	Tax Cuts for Millionaires, Unemployment for Low-Wage Workers
July 3 - 9, 2003	Early Grade Preparation Yields Success in High School
June 19 - 25, 2003	High School Commencement Address: A Call to Action
May 22 - 28, 2003	AmeriCorps Is Vital to Our Communities
May 8 - 14, 2003	Government's Attack on Working People
April 24 - 30, 2003	Pataki's Budget Targets Our Elderly
April 10 - 16, 2003	Congressman Rangel Asks the President Tough Questions
March 27 - April 2, 2003	Use Federal Funds to Create Jobs, Not to Subsidize the Superrich
March 13 - 19, 2003	Is This "Sharing the Pain"?
February 27 - March 5, 2003	Nonpartisan Elections: Perfect for Billionaire Candidates
February 13 - 19, 2003	Pataki's Budget: Killing Hope and Opportunity
January 30 - February 5, 2003	Race Still Matters
January 16 - 22, 2003	A Portrait of Inequality
January 2 - 8, 2003	A Vision for New York
December 19 - 25, 2002	Affordable Housing Back in the Spotlight - At Last
December 5 - 11, 2002	Mayor Bloomberg: Tax Those Who Can Afford to Pay
November 14 - 20, 2002	Don't Balance the Budget - Yet Again - on the Backs of the Poor
October 31 - November 6, 2002	Vote on Tuesday & Vote "NO" on the Charter
October 17 - 23, 2002	Low-Income Voters Could Decide the November Election
October 3 - 9, 2002	AmeriCorps: A Chance to Serve the Community
September 19 - 25, 2002	Single Mothers Struggle to Make Work Pay
September 5 - 11, 2002	Luxury Housing for the Wealthy - A Bronx Jail for the Homeless
August 22 - 28, 2002	Segregation and School Funding
August 8 - 14, 2002	Experience Corps - A Success Story in Our Schools
July 25 - 31, 2002	With Hundreds of Thousands Unemployed, Finally a Call to Create Jobs
July 11 - 17, 2002	New York Court Finds 8th Grade Education Enough for Children of Color
June 27 - July 3, 2002	The Death Penalty: Institutionalizing Racism
June 13 - June 19, 2002	Don't Lose Your Health Care Coverage!
May 30 - June 5, 2002	How About Lowering Poverty, Not Just Welfare?
May 16 - 22, 2002	Ever Hear of the Voter Assistance Commission?
May 2 - 8, 2002	An Open Letter to Senators Clinton and Schumer
April 18 - 24, 2002	One Strike and You're Out If You're Black!
April 4 - 10, 2002	Getting People Back to Work
March 21 - 27, 2002	Who Needs a Living Wage?
March 7 - 13, 2002	Don't Balance the Budget on the Backs of New York's Working Poor
February 21 - 27, 2002	Where Are the Funds for Job Creation
February 7 - 13, 2002	Rebuilding New York: Don't Forget the Human Factor
January 24 - 30, 2002	Don't Play Games with the City's Political Representation
January 10 - 16, 2002	An Open Letter to Mayor Bloomberg
December 27, 2001 - January 2, 2002	Get Rid of Discriminatory Drug Laws
December 13 - 19, 2001	Disaster Relief Medicaid
November 29 - December 5, 2001	Giving Something Back in a Time of Need
November 15 - 21, 2001	Keep People Working
November 1 - 7, 2001	Vote on Tuesday, November 6th For Mayor and City Council
October 18 - 24, 2001	Campaign for Full Electoral Participation
October 4 - 10, 2001	You Must Vote On October 11th
September 20 - 26, 2001	New Yorkers Stand United
September 6 - 12, 2001	The Ticking Time Limits Bomb
August 23 - 29, 2001	Why Bother to Vote?
August 9 - 15, 2001	Public Housing's Frontline Issues
July 26 - August 1, 2001	Where Do the Candidates Stand on Health Care?
July 12 - 18, 2001	Census Numbers Provide Political Opportunity
June 28 - July 4, 2001	Transforming Numbers Into Influence
June 14 - 20, 2001	Time Limits: Chaos on the Horizon
May 31 - June 6, 2001	Making Work a Path Out of Poverty
May 17 - 23, 2001	Need Help With Your Managed Care Health Plan?
May 3 - 9, 2001	State Bureaucracy Threatens City's Health
April 19 - 25, 2001	Empower Yourselves: Register To Vote
April 5 - 11, 2001	The Numbers Are Up. Will Power and Funding Follow?
March 22 - 28, 2001	Poverty Gets Tougher
March 8 - 14, 2001	"Get a Job!" Got a Job. Still Living in Poverty.
February 22 - 28, 2001	The Media Fails in Its Job to Cover Poverty
February 8 - 14, 2001	The Governor's Budget: Unfair to the City Once Again
January 25 - 31, 2001	A Covenant Broken: Failure To Provide Basic Education
January 11 - 17, 2001	New York Undercounted Again - Losing Money and Influence
Dec 28, 2000 - Jan 3, 2001	Transforming Political Reality
December 14 - 21, 2000	The City's Health Care Crisis: "Where Do I Go If  I'm Sick?"
November 30 - December 6, 2000	The Ballot: A Tool Best Used Collectively
November 16 - 22, 2000	Black And Latino Voters Dramatically Alter Election Outcome
November 2 - 8, 2000	Voting An Exercise In Self-Defense
October 19 - 25, 2000	Memo To The Candidates: Where Are Our Issues?
September 28 - October 4, 2000	Help Has Arrived For Managed Care Customers
September 14 - 20, 2000	Make A Difference In Our Communities
August 31 - September 6, 2000	City Policies Place Children In Harm's Way
August 17 - 23, 2000	Don't Fumble This Opportunity
August 3 - 9, 2000	Forced Labor For Public Housing Residents?
July 20 - 26, 2000	Our Elders Died For It: If You Don't Vote, You Don't Count
July 6 - 12, 2000	Education: An Escape Route from Poverty
June 22 - 28, 2000	A Life or Death Question: "Do You Have Health Insurance?"
June 8 - 14, 2000	The Community Helps Its Own
May 25 - 31, 2000	Juvenile Courts- The Crime is How They Treat Black Teenagers
May 11 - 17, 2000	Poverty Moves Upscale
April 27 - May 3, 2000	Health Care: An Unmet Need
April 13 - 19, 2000	The Teacher Crisis is Already Here
March 30 - April 5, 2000	Police Shooting: When Black Skin Is a Mortal Danger
March 2 - 8, 2000	Funding Youth Employment
February 17 - 23,  2000	Campaign Express Leaves City Behind
February 3 - 9,  2000	Government-Sponsored Inequality
January 20 - 26,  2000	Benefits Support Work!
January 6 - 12 ,  2000	New Regents Standards: Hope or Hoax?
December 16 - 22, 1999	Criminalizing the Poor
December 2 - 8, 1999	They are Closing School Libraries
November 18 - 24, 1999	Another Generation Of Wasted Lives?
November 4 - 10, 1999	Giuliani: Building His Campaign On The Backs Of The Homeless
October 21 - 27, 1999	One In Four New Yorkers Lives In Poverty
October 7 - 13, 1999	Health Care: No Aceess
September 23 - 29, 1999	The Threat To Our Public Housing
September 9 - 15, 1999	Hijacking Welfare Reform
August 12 - 18, 1999	Asthma Threatens Our Children
July 29 - August 4, 1999	Charter Charade
July 15 - 21, 1999	Immigrants Need Medical Care, Too
July 1 - 7, 1999	Rescuing Our Schools
June 17 - 23, 1999	Police Yes, Education No
June 3 - 9, 1999	Playing Politics With People's Lives
May 20 - 27, 1999	Children's Mental Health Matters
May 6 - 12, 1999	A Bill To Create Jobs -- Finally
April 22 - 28, 1999	Mayor Loses In Court -- Again
April 8 - 14, 1999	Whose Quality of Life?
March 25 - April 1, 1999	Educational Disaster in the Making
March 11 - 17, 1999	Targeting The Poor
February 25 - March 3, 1999	Going Over The Financial Edge
February 11 - 17, 1999	Use Tobacco Money For Health Care
Jan. 28 - Feb. 3, 1999	Racism Creates Bad Schools
January 14 - 20, 1999	Public Housing At A Crossroads
Dec 31, 1998 - Jan 6, 1999	Giuliani's Police State
December 17 - 23, 1998	Must We Live With Police Brutality?
December 3 - 9, 1998	Down Giuliani's Rabbit Hole
November 12 - 18, 1998	The People Voted And It Made A Difference
Oct 29 - Nov 4, 1998	You Can Ignore Politics, But Politics Won't Ignore You
October 15 - 21, 1998	Casualties Of War
October 1 - 7, 1998	Where Are The Jobs?
September 18 - 23, 1998	"Welfare" For The Rich
September 3 - 9, 1998	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
August 20 - 26, 1998	Affordable Health Care for Kids
August 6 - 12, 1998	Giuliani's War Against the Poor
July 23 - 29, 1998	Medicaid Benefits: Lost in the Bureaucracy
July 9 - 15, 1998	Making Your HMO Accountable To You
June 25 - July 1, 1998	Punishing Disabled Mothers of Color
June 11 - 17, 1998	Menacing Public Health
May 28 - June 3, 1998	Giuliani/Pataki: Erasing Education
May 14 - 20, 1998	Affordable Housing On The Chopping Block
April 30 - May 6, 1998	Baseball 2, Harlem Hospital 0
April 16 - 22, 1998	Information Is Power
April 2 - 8, 1998	The State Of New York -- Rich And Poor
March 19 - 25, 1998	Bedford Stuyvesant's "Dream Team"
March 5 - 11, 1998	The Job Of Creating Jobs
February 19 - 25, 1998	Making Work Pay
February 5 - 11, 1998	Message To Black And Puerto Rican Legislators
January 22 - 28, 1998	Does Tenure For Teachers Still Make Sense?
January 8 - 14, 1998	Government By Stealth
December 18 - 24, 1997	Lessons Of The Election
December 4 - 10, 1997	What Happens When Foster Kids Grow Up?
November 13 - 19, 1997	Everyone Has A Right To Decent Health Care
Oct 30 - Nov 5, 1997	1997 For The Sake Of Your Families -- Vote!
September 18 - 24, 1997	Keep Those Experienced Teachers!
September 4 - 10, 1997	Congressional Black Caucus Needs to Examine Health Care
August 14 - 20, 1997	Immigrants Need to Eat, Too