Summer 2005 - Building a Future of Economic Justice

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Civil Rights & Constitution

Housing Rights Are Human Rights

by Mayra Gomez and Bret Thiele

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.

Landlords & Tenants

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

by Philip Tegeler

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.

Civil Rights & Constitution

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

by Scott L. Cummings

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

Government Benefits

Economic Justice and the Future of Social Security

by Thomas D. Sutton

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.

Consumers

Predatory Lending: The New Face of Economic Injustice

by Nikitra S. Bailey

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.

Indigent Defense

Ending Poverty in Our Time

by Jeffery D. Sachs

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.

Civil Rights & Constitution

Human Rights Hero: Peter B. Edelman

by Stephen J. Wermiel

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.

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Summer 2005 - Building a Future of Economic Justice

What Is Poverty?

Featured

Housing Rights Are Human Rights

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

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

Economic Justice and the Future of Social Security

Predatory Lending: The New Face of Economic Injustice

Ending Poverty in Our Time

Human Rights Hero: Peter B. Edelman