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ImmigrationProf Blog
Guest Post: ROBERT GITTELSON — Conservative Closing Argument: Why Congress Must Pass a Comprehensive Immigration Reform Economic Stimulus in the 2010 Lame Duck Session
The other day, I was honored to be able to participate in an important debate on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, (CIR). The debate took place in the inner city of Los…
ImmigrationProf Blog
MPI Report: Mobilizing Diaspora Entrepreneurship for Development
Diasporas are in a unique position to have a positive effect on the economy of their countries of origin - the key is for those countries to seize the opportunities.…
California Employment Law Update
California Slips in Forbes’ ‘Best States for Business’ Rankings
By David Gross
California has fallen to No. 39 in Forbes' rankings of The Best States for Business in 2010, down one position from its ranking in 2009. According to Forbes, the rankings…
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Art Revitalizes Local Economies
As the nation's economy has struggled amid falling property values, many communities are counting on the arts as a means of economic development, according to USA Today. Many of the…
Land Use Prof Blog
Lawson-Remer on Security of Property Rights for Whom?
Terra Lawson-Remer (New School University) has posted Security of Property Rights for Whom? The abstract:Protecting the entitlements of some inherently requires preventing others from claiming and controlling those same resources.…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Struggles Haitian Women Face Amplified Since the Earthquake
IPS: Haitian Women Struggle to Keep Hope Alive, By Wadner Pierre: Haitian women like Saint Juste who work as street vendors are widely viewed as one of the country's main…
Land Use Prof Blog
Dead Cities?
Remember the old, abandoned "ghost" towns of the West. Settlements that dried up and withered away as things like the gold rush faded. The Business Insider site is now offering…
International Law Prof Blog
WTO Public Forum
What is needed to make trade contribute to the Millennium Development Goals? How can women reshape the global economy? These are just two of the 43 topics to be discussed…
Land Use Prof Blog
Georgia Farms “Crop Mobbed”
From Christine McCauley, Executive Director of the Madison-Morgan Conservancy in Madison, Georgia:What is a crop mob? Well, we found out yesterday that it’s a group of self-proclaimed “landless farmer wannabes”…
Land Use Prof Blog
America’s Ten Dead Cities
From time to time here on the land use prof blog we post a link toone of the ubiquitous "top" lists that various media outlets like topublish about America's top…