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What Is Poverty?

Economic segregation has become increasingly entrenched in the United States, with serious implications for our future. The poor face bleak occupational and educational opportunities, while those in power become further isolated.

Housing Rights Are Human Rights

The human right to adequate housing is recognized in numerous international human rights treaties and related policy documents. In the United States, however, a stark gap exists between these principles and the current housing situation, as well as the view of housing rights.

Race and Housing Rights in the United States: The View from Baltimore

Racial and economic segregation in housing impairs residents' educational opportunities and job prospects. A series of federal civil rights lawsuits are challenging government policies that have created a deeply segregated system of public housing.

Access to Justice in the New Millennium: Achieving the Promise of Pro Bono

Pro Bono legal services provide help to those in need. Yet the increasing privatization of pro bono programs poses system-wide challenges.

Economic Justice and the Future of Social Security

For seven decades, Social Security has been the bedrock of economic security for American workers and their families. Plans to radically restructure Social Security expose this important social insurance program to the uncertainty and volatility of the market.

Predatory Lending: The New Face of Economic Injustice

In the United States, credit is more widely available than ever before. This expansion has been accompanied by a sharp rise in predatory lending, which undermines the economic benefits or homeownership and helps perpetuate the widening wealth gap between whites and people of color.

Ending Poverty in Our Time

Around the world, 1 billion people live in extreme poverty. The causes are many: physical geography, cultural barriers, and governance failures. With increased aid from developed countries and better governance policies in developing nations, however, extreme poverty can be decreased or eradicated.

Human Rights Hero: Peter B. Edelman

Peter B. Edelman has been at the forefront of concerted efforts to make the welfare system more responsible, productive, and accountable, attempting to do so without making it harsh or inhumane.