Gates and Pogge suggest different “problems of poverty,” different impediments to the severe reduction of poverty, different reasons for fighting poverty, and different solutions for the severe reduction of poverty. In ...

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 ...

This paper first establishes the educational and attainment gaps in Newark in comparison to the rest of New Jersey, and then articulates the complementary issues from outside the classroom and in the community. These gaps ...

This paper seeks to summarize and analyze the available evidence about the benefits and costs of workplace flexibility for low-wage workers and their children, in particular, in order to further the design of a national ...

In her paper “Universities and a Living Wage: Much More than a Minimum Wage,” Joan Oguntimein sought to define and discuss the resources that constitute a living wage, and discuss how Harvard University, University of ...

Addiction is complex, painful, and ultimately stands as a significant obstacle the alleviation of poverty, and this paper represents but one all too brief attempt at understanding this problem. But I think a good place to ...

Analysis of the factoring industry shows that it is an integral industry that complements structured settlements and can provide for the immediate needs of plaintiffs, but it is also clear that regulation of the industry ...

This paper will examine these living wage campaigns and consider how universities, along with government can provide a living wage for all university workers. The first section of this paper will define a living wage and ...

. . . If the nationally accepted [juvenile detention] system continues in the path it is headed on, the recidivism will continue to rise. Due to a lack of funding and often severe over-crowding, it is difficult to assist ...

Transient children confront many disadvantages, and the reverberating effects influence all areas of their life. With higher levels of disease, more emotional disturbances, unstable and often inadequate living conditions, ...