Topic
Poverty
301 published works
International Law Prof Blog
Gabon Calls for Global Support for Africa in the Battle Against Terrorism
Citing the recent deadly terrorist attack at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, President Ali Bongo of Gabon appealed yesterday from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly for full…
Education Law Prof Blog
American Schools in Crisis? Diane Ravitch Says No
By Derek Black
Diane Ravitch has a new book out this week titled "Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools." Ravitch does not appear…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Great Divide: Lifelines for Poor Children
The New York Times is running a series about inequality called The Great Divide. One recent article by James Heckman, Nobel Laureate in Economics, is called Lifelines for Poor Children. Lifelines for Poor…
Education Law Prof Blog
Still Segregated: How Race and Poverty Stymie the Right to Education
By Derek Black
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along withthe American Civil Liberties Union, Anti-Defamation League, Lawyers' Committeefor Civil Rights Under Law, NAACP, National Women's Law Center, and Poverty& Race…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Titles of Nobility: Property, Poverty, and Immigration in a Free and Democratic Society by Joseph William Singer
Titles of Nobility: Property, Poverty, and Immigration in a Free and Democratic Societyby Joseph William Singer Harvard Law School June 12, 2013Abstract: This keynote address was delivered at the AALS…
Health Law Prof Blog
Poverty and Cognitive Function
Don't miss a fascinating article in the August 30th issue of Science, "Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function." The article contends that there is a causal explanation for the correlation between poverty…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Just the Facts: Poverty in California
Poverty in CaliforniaSarah Bohn and Matt Levin Poverty rates continue to soar in the aftermath of the Great Recession. After declining to a 20-year low of 12% in 2006, the…
Education Law Prof Blog
The Unequal Results of the Federal Sequester on High Poverty Schools
By Derek Black
Now that school is back into swing, elementary and secondary schools are feeling the full brunt of the sequester, but not all schools are feeling it the same. Most of…
Land Use Prof Blog
Singer’s Keynote on Property, Poverty and Immigration in a Free and Democratic Society
I hope many of you attended the AALS Workshop on Property, Poverty and Immigration this past summer in San Diego. For those of us who couldn't (or did, but just…
PropertyProf Blog
Singer on Property, Poverty, and Immigration
By propertyprof
Joseph Singer (Harvard) has posted Titles of Nobility: Property, Poverty, and Immigration in a Free and Democratic Society on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This keynote address was delivered at the AALS…