Topic
Poverty
301 published works
The Right Coast
Marc Thiessen: Why the left is attacking Paul Ryan – The Washington Post
Politicians and commentators on the left have been publicly flogging Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) for daring to talk about poverty in America s inner cities. The charges have been so…
The Right Coast
George F. Will: The left s half-century of denial over poverty – The Washington Post
Critics of Rep. Paul Ryan s remarks about cultural factors in the persistence of poverty are simultaneously shrill and boring. Their predictable minuet of synthetic indignation demonstrates how little liberals…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Should Charity Favor the Poor?
Miranda Perry Fleischer recently provided provocative food for thought regarding the efforts to reform the charitable contribution deduction. In this week's Tax Notes (2014 TNT 54-4) she argues that charitable…
PropertyProf Blog
The Whiteness of Poverty
Paul Waldman at the American Prospect:Everyone knows that minority populations in America, particularly blacks and Hispanics, suffer from disproportionate levels of poverty. For the moment, we don’t have to go…
Education Law Prof Blog
AALS Call for Papers: Dead Upon Birth: The Inter-Generational Cycle of Thwarted Lives in America’s Poorest Neighborhoods
By Derek Black
The AALS Section on Children and the Law is has announced a Call for Papers for the AALS 2015 Annual Meeting. The topic is Dead Upon Birth: The Inter-Generational Cycle of…
PropertyProf Blog
Weisbord on The Connection Between Unintentional Intestacy and Urban Poverty
Reid Weisbord (Rutgers) has posted The Connection Between Unintentional Intestacy and Urban Poverty (Rutgers Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Most people think of estate planning and testamentary freedom as…
PropertyProf Blog
For Boys, Leaving Poverty is Hard
Given the policy focus on breaking up concentrations of poverty, this is certainly depressing:It’s well known that living in high-poverty neighborhoods has a significant effect on the mental health of…
Education Law Prof Blog
Obama’s 2015 Equity Initiative: Quality Teachers, Funding Fairness, School Climate, and Concentrated Poverty
By Derek Black
Notwithstanding all the claims that the President's budget is dead on arrival, his new budget is important in the policies and values it is putting forward, particularly since this President…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Oppression and Poverty Persists in the Central Valley
Guest Blogger: WookSun Hong, second-year law student, University of San Francisco Recently, I was fortunate enough to join a community service bus trip organized by a wonderful organization called OneJustice. …
PropertyProf Blog
Rich People Own a Lot of Stuff. Should Anyone Care?
The Atlantic takes a look at Oxfam's report on global inequality and pulls out some pretty amazing facts and figures. For example, they highlight that the richest 85 people in…