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Deliberate Shrinkage of Flint

Posted on April 24, 2009
Flint, Michigan, and its long-standing efforts to deal with decline is once again (see Roger & Me) in the news: David Streitfeld, "An Effort to Save Flint, Mich, by Shrinking It," New York Times, Apr. 21, 2009. The plan -...

New York Times Op-Ed on Poor Children

Posted on April 21, 2009
Bob Herbert, "Children in Peril," New York Times, Apr. 20, 2009.

Interactive Map on Rising Unemployment

Posted on April 21, 2009
The Center for American Progress has put together an interactive state-by-state map of the rise in unemployment rates and on job losses. The timeline on the page works well.

Richard Posner on Executive Compensation

Posted on April 18, 2009
A new article of interest: Richard A. Posner, Are American CEOs Overpaid, And, If So, What If Anything Should Be Done About It?, 58 Duke L.J. 1013 (2009). -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

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Conference: Third Annual Indian Law Clinical Conference on Communities of Color, Economic Justice and Poverty Law

Posted on April 17, 2009
From Christine Zuni Cruz: We invite everyone to join us at our 3rd Annual Indian Law Clinical Conference. This year we will be focusing on Poverty and Economic Justice issues and lawyering for Indigenous Peoples and other Communities. Interconnections of...

Bill Quigley to be the new Legal Director of The Center for Constitutional Rights

Posted on April 17, 2009
Bill Quigley is changing jobs from teaching at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, where he ran the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center, to being the new Legal Director of The Center for Constitutional Rights. The CCR press release...

Downloadable Video of (older) Symposium on The Low-Wage Worker

Posted on April 16, 2009
Videos of the panels 2007 Minnesota Law Review Symposium on The Low-Wage Worker: Legal Rights--Legal Realities from Nov. 7, 2007 are available on their website. The panels focus on minimum wage legislation, organizing strategies, immigrant workers, and big box stores...

Symposium Publication: The School Desegregation Cases and the Uncertain Future of Racial Equality

Posted on April 15, 2009
The Ohio State Law Journal has published Symposium: The School Desegregation Cases and the Uncertain Future of Racial Equality. The articles are: Ruth Colker, Reflections on Race: The Limits of Formal Equality, 69 Ohio St. L.J. 1089 (2009). Angela N....

Unions Come Together on Immigration

Posted on April 14, 2009
New York Times article of interest: Julia Preston & Steven Greenhouse, "Immigration Accord by Labor Boosts Obama Effort," New York Times, Apr. 13, 2009.

Buffalo Law Review's ClassCrits Issue

Posted on April 14, 2009
The most recent Buffalo Law Review issue (vol. 56, no. 4) focuses on class related issues, both from a theory angle and from a case-based approach. The articles unfortunately are not available on the law review's webpage, but the review...

Wash. Post on Poverty, Stress, and Brain Impairment in Children

Posted on April 12, 2009
A recent newspaper article of interest: Rob Stein, "Research Links Poor Kids' Stress, Brain Impairment," Washington Post, Apr. 6, 2009. The second paragraph of the article: "Now, research is providing what could be crucial clues to explain how childhood poverty...

Article of Interest: A. Mechele Dickerson on the Myth of Home Ownership

Posted on April 12, 2009
The Indian Law Journal just published: A. Mechele Dickerson, The Myth of Home Ownership and Why Home Ownership Is Not Always a Good Thing, 84 Ind. L.J. 189 (2009). The abstract is below: Home ownership is viewed as key to...

Jeffrey Sachs on Shape of U.S. International Aid

Posted on April 09, 2009
Jeffrey Sachs just published an Op-Ed on improving Obama's international aid for agriculture through local participation in shaping the program. Jeffrey Sachs, "Homegrown Aid," New York Times, Apr. 8, 2009. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Maine Law Review Call for Papers: Accessing Justice in Hard Times

Posted on April 07, 2009
The Maine Law Review plans to publish a symposium issue in the Spring of 2010 entitled Accessing Justice in Hard Times: Lessons from the Field, Looking to the Future. The purpose of this symposium is to gather together, in one...

Op-Ed on Sources of Popular Anger

Posted on April 07, 2009
The Los Angles Times has an op-ed of interest: Tim Rutten, "Unemployment, and CEO pay, on the rise," Los Angeles Times, Apr. 4, 2009. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

Movie of Note: Crossing Over

Posted on April 03, 2009
The new movie, Crossing Over (trailer here), starring among others Harrison Ford, does a great job of showing the hardships involved in U.S. deportation policies, particularly as how they split apart often poor families. It didn't get a good review...

Picturing the Recession - New York Times

Posted on April 03, 2009
The New York Times has a new webpage of photos submitted by readers related to the recession. It is interesting in and of itself, but their selection of a photo I took of my dad, available here, gave me another...

Eduardo M. Pe�alver on Squatters

Posted on March 31, 2009
A Slate.com article of interest: Eduardo M. Pe�alver, "Homesteaders in the Hood," Slate.com, March 25, 2009. -Thanks to Jonathan Zimmer for the heads up! E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu

New York Times: Cities Deal with a Surge in Shantytowns

Posted on March 26, 2009
From the New York Times: Jesse McKinley, "Cities Deal with a Surge in Shantytowns," New York Times, March 25, 2009. Slideshow here. -E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu.

Drug Testing Beneficiaries of Unemployment or Welfare Funding

Posted on March 26, 2009
News story here: AP, "States Consider Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients," March 26, 2009. Commentary on Dissenting Justice Blog here. -Thanks to Darren Hutchinson for the heads up. E.R. erosser@wcl.american.edu.

New Book: Corey S. Schdaimah, Negotiating Justice

Posted on March 24, 2009
A new book of interest: Corey S. Schdaimah, Negotiating Justice: Progressive Lawyering, Low-Income Clients, and the Quest for Social Change (2009). Amazon link here. Overview below: While many young people become lawyers for the big bucks, others are motivated by...

Conference: Color of Wealth 2009 Policy Summit | March 23-24, 2009 | Washington DC

Posted on March 19, 2009
From The Insight Center: The Insight Center is proud to announce the ?Color of Wealth 2009 Policy Summit: Wealth Building for All: The Foundation for Economic Growth in the Global Marketplace? to be held on March 23rd and 24th in...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS The New Anti-Poverty Advocacy: Constructs, Strategies, and Tactics

Posted on March 17, 2009
CALL FOR PROPOSALS The New Anti-Poverty Advocacy: Constructs, Strategies, and Tactics Section on Poverty Law; Association of American Law Schools; Annual Meeting Program, January 2010; New Orleans, Louisiana Statements of Interest Due May 1, 2009 The recent pronounced shifts in...

New Poll on Economic Mobility and the American Dream from the Economic Mobility Project

Posted on March 16, 2009
From the Economic Mobility Project: In early 2009, the project commissioned a national survey and series of focus groups to provide a more accurate picture of how Americans view their own economic mobility and to better understand how their perceptions...

Americans' Household Wealth Falls by Trillions - NYTimes

Posted on March 13, 2009
Of note: Vikas Bajaj, "Household Wealth Falls by Trillions," New York Times, March 12, 2009 (does not include this year's stock market declines).

Call for Papers and Panels: LatCrit XIV, Oct 1-4, 2009, American University (DC)

Posted on March 11, 2009
LatCrit XIV is being hosted by American University Washington College of Law on Oct. 1-4, 2009. The theme of this year's conference is: OUTSIDERS INSIDE: CRITICAL OUTSIDER THEORY AND PRAXIS IN THE POLICYMAKING OF THE NEW AMERICAN REGIME. The conference...

Article of Interest: "Laboratories of Destitution: Democratic Experimentalism and the Failure of Antipoverty Law"

Posted on March 07, 2009
New Article of Interest: David A. Super, Laboratories of Destitution: Democratic Experimentalism and the Failure of Antipoverty Law, 157 U. Penn. L. Rev. 541 (2008). Abstract below:Democratic experimentalism, the procedural component of the ?new governance? movement, has won widespread acceptance...

CLASP: Stimulus Package and Poverty

Posted on March 06, 2009
CLASP has a brief, 5-page, "Preliminary Summary of Key Provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Aimed at Improving the Lives of Low-Income Americans," Feb. 13, 2009. It quickly runs through the funding streams in bullet points. -Thanks to...

Article of Interest: "Americans' Social Policy Preferences in the Era of Rising Inequality"

Posted on March 02, 2009

News Coverage of Obama's Budget and Welfare

Posted on February 27, 2009

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