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Poverty
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Legislation Law Prof Blog
US Childhood Poverty Hits Its Highest Point in 20 Years
A recent report published in the JAMA Pediatrics highlights a new low for the US: childhood poverty has reached a 20 year high. In the report, Dr. Glenn Flores and…
Education Law Prof Blog
California Attorney General’s Report Addresses State’s High Elementary School Absenteeism Rates
Last week California’s Attorney General’s office released a report, In School + On Track 2014, discussing high rates of absenteeism in the state’s elementary schools. Contributing factors in the problem…
Education Law Prof Blog
Can Education Be Reformed Without Equality?
By Derek Black
On its face, the title of this post is rhetorical, but the authors of Badass Teachers Unite! would argue it is the key question dividing themselves and "reformers." For those unfamiliar,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated?
If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated? is the title of Shaun Raviv's new piece for The Atlantic.The article discusses both economic and moral arguments in favor of…
PropertyProf Blog
Poverty in the Suburbs
Slate has a quick summary of the rise of poverty in America's suburbs. Take home points:But some time around the dot-com bust and 2001 recession, the number of poor people…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
“Where Do We Go From Here: Civil Rights, Equality, and Class”
ACSblog posted today this intriguing commentary by Professor Atiba R. Ellis reminding us that the focus of civil rights activists throughout the 1960s was not limited to legal equality, but…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
Evaluating Paul Ryan’s Poverty Plan
There has been much discussion lately over Representative Paul Ryan’s plan to address poverty. (For background on the Ryan Plan, read: here.)Under the Ryan Plan, titled Expanding Opportunity in America,…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Women Disproportionately Deal with the Realities of Hunger
By Tracy Thomas
Slate, Hunger's Disproportionate Effect on Women[T]he task of feeding children on an inadequate budget falls primarily to women. That women still do the majority of household labor is well known, but usually it’s…
Café con Labor
SLAM Academy: para interrumpir el ciclo de la pobreza mediante la educación
By Rene Ruiz
[caption id="attachment_1718" align="alignright" width="150"] Foto de: Raúl Pedroso[/caption] View English Version Here No es ningún secreto que la desigualdad de ingresos se está convirtiendo en una creciente preocupación en nuestro…
BeLabor the Point
SLAM Academy: Disrupting Poverty Through Education
By Rene Ruiz
[caption id="attachment_2823" align="alignright" width="150"] Photo by: Raul Pedroso[/caption] Ver la versión en español aquí It is no secret that income inequality is a growing concern in our country. The gap…