Browsing by Subject "Washington and Lee University -- Capstone in Shepherd Poverty Program"
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Approaches to Environmental Justice: Best Practices in Community Organizing and Collaboration
(2008)This paper examines specific cases, conducted on three documented instances of environmental injustice to explore the ways in which communities organized to promote environmental equity. The first case deals with environmental ... -
An Argument for Federally Funded Universal Preschool
(2015)Public education is the strongest way to address our country’s poverty as an institution grounded in both political and moral reasoning. However, our current school system is flawed with inequality. I find that inequalities ... -
Arts for All: An Analysis of Arts Access as it Relates to Socioeconomic Status and other Demographic Factors (thesis)
(2019)This paper provides empirical evidence on the benefits of arts education. Building on this, I draw from moral philosophy to advance the claim that all children should receive arts education. However, this paper includes a ... -
Assessing Philosophical Approaches to Combating International Poverty
(2005)This paper will examine several philosophical approaches to poverty, and attempt to find the one among them that will be most effective in the fight against international poverty. The four major approaches that will be ... -
“Assessing the Crisis: Black Males and Secondary Education”
(2008)In recent years, Black males have been candidly described as an endangered species. This crisis of the Black male has been attributed to several factors and is visible in literally all aspects of society. They are largely ... -
Assets and Liberty: Encouraging Healthy Savings Habits for Low-Income Households
(2013)Our current welfare system places too much of an emphasis on income and consumption over wealth and assets. The United States has a long history of encouraging asset accumulation for all classes. We also have a long tradition ... -
Assimilation: Removing the Scarlet Letter
(2014)This essay analyzes the treacherous road ex-offenders face upon release, the laws helping and hurting their chances, and in-prison and reentry programs designed to reduce recidivism. This paper will also offer reforms in ... -
The Asthma Epidemic: Decreasing Incidence and Increasing Resiliency among Low-Income Children
(2008)My sister is an asthmatic. . . . While my sister’s illness was a tremendous burden, she was also fortunate. She benefited from supportive parents, excellent health care, limited allergen exposure, and a pollution-free ... -
The Availability of Private Suits to Enforce Environmental Justice: Past, Present and Future
(2002)For over twenty years legal and social commentators and advocates have recognized that low income and minority communities bear a disproportionate burden regarding pollution, hazardous waste siting, and other environmental ... -
A Bad Road Paved with Good Intentions: The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Poor and Minority Students
(2014)This paper considers NCLB’s [No Child Left Behind] impact on the racial and income achievement gaps the law sought to narrow. It will also explain how, in some ways, NCLB may have actually worked to harm the struggling ... -
Barriers of Access to Four-Year Colleges for Latinos in the United States
(2015)This paper examines and seeks to address the unique cluster of disadvantages that impair access to four-year colleges for Latino students in the United States. Latinos constitute the nation’s fastest-growing minority group ... -
The Biomedical Burden: Sociological Analysis of the Opioid Crisis in Rural America
(2018)The current opioid epidemic is a highly complex issue, and as such, claims of direct causation seem nearly impossible. Yet another challenge arises in attempting to determine which components of the overall epidemic more ... -
Blight in the Rural South: Proliferation, Remediation, and Ethical Claims (thesis)
(2019)Across rural communities in the Southern United States, the proliferation of dilapidated structures which do not meet code enforcement standards (i.e. blight) has developed into a primary concern for many communities. Using ... -
Bound: How Elimination of Forced Labor Will Reduce Poverty
(2013)In Part I, this paper will illustrate the presence of forced labor in the U.S. and globally. Part II will introduce current laws and mechanisms in place for fighting forced labor, and examine their efficacy, or lack thereof, ... -
Bounded: Comparative Study of the Italian Roma and the Navajo American Indian
(2014)First, I offer a brief history and background of each group, providing the reasons for their boundedness in the first place, a taste of their culture, and their origins as a group as we see them today. Second, I compare ... -
Breastfeeding and Socioeconomic Status An Analysis of Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-SES Mothers
(2013)This paper focuses on the implications of the previous data for low-income women and their infants. It provides an overview of the science behind breastfeeding—including the physical and psychological benefits for both ... -
Bridging the Gap Between Family and School: After-School Programs for At-Risk Youth
(2007)Although the potential benefits of expanded after-school programming should be offered to all children, the focus of this paper will be exclusively on low-income, minority students -- those that face significant structural ... -
A Brighter, Healthier Future for SNAP: How Benefit Restrictions and Administrative Change Can Ensure a more Effective SNAP
(2017)SNAP is the largest and most important food program in the Federal Safety Net. Unfortunately, it does not currently meet its dual mandate of reducing food insecurity and improving nutritional outcomes. While it does reduce ... -
The Broken Trust Doctrine
(2018)Most Americans are unaware of the pattern of injustices that the United States government has committed against Native Americans. Native Americans are among some of the poorest in America. The United States Civil Rights ... -
Business Development and the Revitalization of Underdeveloped Local Economies
(2002)Predictable historical patterns have allowed poverty and associated social problems to dominate many economically underdeveloped communities. Intervening with prevailing free-market forces can help to reverse the cycle ...