Topic
Poverty
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Elder Law Prof Blog
2014 Poverty Numbers Are Out
By rmorgan
HHS has published the announcement of the 2014 poverty guidelines in 79 Federal Register 3593 on January 22nd, 2014. For an individual it is $11,670 and a two-person household, $15,730. More…
Education Law Prof Blog
Multigenerational Poverty and the Academic Achievement Gap for African American Students
In The American Prospect this week, Richard Rothstein reviews Stuck in Place: Urban Neighborhoods and the End of Progress toward Racial Equality, a new book by sociologist Patrick Sharkey. Cribbing…
The Right Coast
The Fifty-Year War | National Review Online
The war on poverty has been conducted partly in earnest and partly self-servingly. No doubt programs such as Head Start were launched with a great deal of idealism, but as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
More Than One in Five Worldwide Living in Extreme Poverty
Gallup's self-reported household income data across 131 countries indicate that more than one in five residents (22%) live on $1.25 per day or less -- the World Bank's definition of…
Education Law Prof Blog
Camden, NJ’s Economic Turmoil Reflected in Poor SAT Scores
The new superintendent of Camden, NJ, said that yesterday's reports that only three Camden high school students scored as "college ready" on the recent SATs was a "kick in the…
The Right Coast
Resurrection– E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Francis is necessarily moreradical in his preaching about the poor and the shortcomings of global capitalismbecause he addresses the rest of the world from the perspective of the southand from…
The Right Coast
Study: U.S. poverty rate decreased over past half-century thanks to safety-net programs – The Washington Post
Government programs such as food stamps and unemployment insurance have made significant progress in easing the plight of the poor in the half-century since the launch of the war on…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Budget cuts leave NJ legal services unable to respond to indigent residents’ needs
Legal Services of New Jersey says federal and state budget cuts have left it with resources to help only 10 percent of requests for legal assistance from the state's poorest…
ImmigrationProf Blog
From the Bookshelves: Immigration, Poverty, and Socioeconomic Inequality, David Card & Steven Raphael, Editors
Immigration, Poverty, and Socioeconomic Inequality, David Card & Steven Raphael, EditorsThe rapid rise in the proportion of foreign-born residents in the U.S. since the mid-1960s is one of the most…
Education Law Prof Blog
Tinkering with Poor Kids’ Money in Los Angeles: Is Congress or the District to Blame?
By Derek Black
A few commentators recently noticed how Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) had changed the rules for distributing Title I funds (federal anti-poverty money). The major shift occurred when the…