Policymakers and public officials constantly debate how best to assist the poor. Currently, the debate rages about whether the government is too large, and whether shrinking the government means eliminating many public ...

Communities of the world's major religions have always incorporated care for others into their central teachings. Politicians have recently seized upon the relative success of these faith-based organizations' services. ...

While many are hesitant to lean into the power of genetics to shape our lives, it is an incredibly pervasive part of what makes every human being the ways they are and plays a large role in determining the outcomes of one's ...

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 ...

Significant health inequalities exist between the Navajo tribe and the US population as a whole and are worsening over time. I argue that while these health issues are concerning, there are also larger systemic issues ...

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 ...

In this work, I will examine the approaches for the provision of subsistence to those whose subsistence is threatened offered by Henry Shue in Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence and U.S. Foreign Policy (BR) and the ...

All stakeholders in Detroit have a collective responsibility to reduce injustice in low-income neighborhoods. However, this paper uses a social responsibility framework to argue for the responsibility of high-impact firms ...

This paper examines the effects of Chinese economic reforms on poverty: first, by considering the net reduction of poverty as measure by the $1/day measure; second, by analyzing the trend toward income disparity. Income ...

In the foundational text of Christianity, the call for social justice is clear. In the United States, the Christian Church is one of the largest institutions in existence. This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages ...