Topic
Poverty
301 published works
International Law Prof Blog
Qatari Diplomat Chosen as President of UN General Assembly
An experienced Qatari diplomat who has served as his country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations for more than a decade was today chosen by the world body’s 192 Member…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Desperate sick man commits $1 bank robbery to get health care in prison
Main June 21, 2011Desperate sick man commits $1 bank robbery to get health care in prisonThroughout the modern health care reform debates, I have often joked with students that the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Cammett: “Deadbeats, Deadbrokes, and Prisoners”
By Family Law
Ann Cammett (UNLV School of Law) has posted "Deadbeats, Deadbrokes, and Prisoners" (18 Georgetown J. Poverty L. & Policy (2011)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Historically, child support policy has…
ImmigrationProf Blog
David Bacon: Poverty and Hunger on the Border
In "BORDER COMMUNITIES ARE GROUND ZERO FOR HUNGER," David Bacon for New American Media writes about th epoverty in the U.S./Mexico border region.
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Modern Grapes of Wrath? Itinerant Life Weighs on Farmworkers’ Children
Patricia Leigh Brown writes for the N.Y Times of the difficulties children of migrant farmworkers in these difficult economic times with the shrill national debate over immigration in the background.KJ
PropertyProf Blog
Diamond and Homeownership, Shared Equity, and Poverty
By propertyprof
Michael Diamond (Georgetown) has posted The Meaning and Nature of Property: Homeownership and Shared Equity in the Context of Poverty on SSRN. Here's the abstract:While a Blackstonian view of property…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Sarah Brown to Host G8 Discussion on Maternal Health
guardian.co.uk: Sarah Brown: maternal health gap 'one of the greatest injustices', by Sarah Boseley: World leaders gathering to discuss the millennium development goals (MDG) on poverty and ill-health will this…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
“The Other City” Profiles the AIDS Epidemic in D.C.
The Huffington Post: Stopping AIDS in America, by Sara Gillen: This weekend, Harlem United is hosting a viewing of The Other Cityat the Clearview Chelsea Cinema. This incredible documentary profilesthe…
Texas Bar Blog
Legal Services Corporation chair comments on poverty data
John G. Levi, chairman to the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), posted a statement on the LSC website today regarding the 2009 statistics on poverty released by the Census Bureau.
International Law Prof Blog
The Importance of Human Rights in Overcoming Poverty
The economic empowerment of the world’s poorest people will not happen unless their human rights are also considered, a senior United Nations official said today, urging governments around the world…