Topic
Poverty
301 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Why Central American Children are Fleeing Their Homes
The American Immigration Council thoughtfully explains why so many Central American children are making the dangerous journey to teh United States. Here are some bullet points:Organized crime, gangs and violence…
PropertyProf Blog
Map of the Day: The Hardest Places to Live in the USA
The New York Times has a nifty interactive map are healthy & wealthy, or struggling. Life in Kentucky, it turns out, is rough sledding.Annie Lowrey writes in the Times Magazine…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Law Review Article of the Day: Heal the Suffering Children: Fifty Years after the Declaration of War on Poverty by Francine J. Lipman and Dawn Davis
Heal the Suffering Children: Fifty Years after the Declaration of War on Poverty by Francine J. Lipman (University of Nevada, Las Vegas - William S. Boyd School of Law) and…
Education Law Prof Blog
Linking Special Education Funding to Poverty
By Derek Black
A western Pennsylvania newspaper did some number crunching on school funding, disability, and poverty levels in the area. The paper found that "[o]f the 117 school districts in southwestern Pennsylvania,…
The Right Coast
Clinton poverty tour heartbreak of many homes – chicagotribune.com
I pass the produce houses as I drive in to work in the early mornings the guys driving trucks, pushing pallets, men who wear back braces and don't dare miss…
Education Law Prof Blog
Vermont to Expand Pre-kindergarten Education, But National Commitment Still Lagging
By Derek Black
Last week, Vermont passed legislation implementing statewide early education for all 3- and 4-year-olds. The bill received bipartisan support. Lawmakers cite equal educational opportunity as a primary goal, but also…
PropertyProf Blog
How Much Choice Do Section 8 Tenants Really Have?
A story out of Pittsburgh says the answer is not much:In 2010, Aishia Shavers applied for a City of Pittsburgh Housing Choice Voucher in the hope that it would get…
PropertyProf Blog
Murray on Class and Takings
Yxta Maya Murray (Loyola - LA) has posted Peering (Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:“Peering” designates a legal practice of gazing at poor people.…
Education Law Prof Blog
Study Finds that California’s Students are More Racially Segregated Than Ever
Plaintiff Sylvia Mendez (in Mendez v. Westminster) (image: Army Corps of Engineers)As we remember Mendez v. Westminster, a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education, the UCLA’s Civil Rights Project/Proyecto…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
CFP: Class Crits at UC-Davis November 2014
CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION ClassCrits VIIPoverty, Precarity, and Work: Struggle and Solidarity in an Era of Permanent(?) CrisisSponsored by U.C. Davis School of Law November 14-15, 2014From the call:"This…