social programs

The new president of Hunter College, Nancy Cantor, is a champion of “social infrastructure.” Here’s how to recognize it: “It’s a public good. Everybody uses it, nobody owns it.” Cantor also discusses Central Park’s Great Lawn and an Anita Hill op-ed.

The future of America’s social safety net is murky.In today’s Congressional Corner, Connecticut Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty, a Democrat from the fifth…