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3 Apr 2018, 7:57 am
Read more about our agenda here.Women, Poverty, and the Gender Wage Gap was originally published in Shriver Center on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 7:48 am
By: Ambar Mentor-TruppaYou may have noticed that the Shriver Center on Poverty Law looks a little different. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 8:12 am
The Shriver Center’s 2011 Poverty Scorecard, released today, rates every member of Congress on how they voted on anti-poverty legislation. [read post]
7 Nov 2012, 9:17 am
The Shriver Center’s mission involves improving the quality of life and opportunities of people living in poverty. [read post]
10 Sep 2019, 8:30 am
By: Wendy PollackAcross the nation, six million people are directly employed in food and service occupations and earn a wage that is partially made up of tips (approximately 300,000 work in the greater Chicago area, where the Shriver Center on Poverty Law is based). [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 10:38 am
—Follow the Shriver Center’s Medium page for the next installment of our 3-part series The Truth About Tipped Wages.The Racist History Behind America’s Tipping Culture was originally published in Shriver Center on Poverty Law on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 8:29 am
Join the fight for economic and racial justice with the Shriver Center on Poverty Law. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 1:38 pm
The Shriver Center will continue to advocate for laws and policies that secure justice and improve the lives and opportunities of people living in poverty.Illinois Governor Rauner’s Vetoes Advance the Trump Administration’s Main Policy Goals was originally published in Shriver Center on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 7:18 am
was originally published in Shriver Center on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 5:51 pm
– Los Angeles lawyer Robert Herrington of Greenberg Traurigon the firm’s blog, Consumer Products Counselor Job Placement for Law Grads: What US News Doesn’t Take into Account – Alli Gerkman, Director of Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers, on the University of Denver’s IAALS Online Four Gifts the Affordable Care Act Has Given Americans by Its Fourth Birthday – Stephani Becker of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty… [read post]
13 Nov 2019, 5:30 am
During the Q&A, an attendee advocated for naming the reality we’re striving to create.Steve Lew (CompassPoint) announced an upcoming series of blog posts on developing a compensation policy with an equity framework to be published on the CompassPoint Blog (which also has some amazing posts on the organization’s journey to center racial justice, equity, and liberation) later this week.John Bouman (Shriver Center on Poverty Law) sparked a… [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 1:28 pm
Alissa Rivera contributed to this blog post.Illinois Legislative Session Ushers in Bold Progress Toward Equity was originally published in Shriver Center on Poverty Law on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 12:07 pm
—Read the previous installments in our series The Truth About Tipped Wages:The Racist History Behind America’s Tipping CultureHow Working for Tips Fosters Sexual HarassmentWorking People Shouldn’t Have to Rely on Tips for a Living was originally published in Shriver Center on Poverty Law on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. [read post]
7 Jan 2019, 8:24 am
A recent report from the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law reflects similarly troubling findings: across Illinois, where the Shriver Center is based, school officials tasked with preparing students for future success largely have no expertise or clear policies to adequately support those children who are struggling with trauma while trying to learn.In fact, despite a 2007 Illinois law requiring training for teachers,… [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 7:35 pm
[Editor's Note: The following post is by the Shriver Center’s Web and e-Communications Director, Michelle Nicolet. [read post]
21 May 2019, 11:53 am
But this is currently not the case for thousands of people leaving the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC).In Illinois, where the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is based, people who have served their full prison sentence are being released and immediately placed on electronic monitoring home detention by the Prisoner Review Board (PRB). [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 9:28 am
It examines the ways in which human rightsactivism has flourished and faltered within the US—and the differencesbetween the US’s domestic and international involvement in human rights.Join us for an illuminating discussion by a panel of experts on topics asbroad ranging as civil rights, globalization and terrorism, and theirintersection with human rights.Panel: Editor of the anthology and Northeastern Law Professor Martha Daviswill moderate a panel discussion with guests Hope… [read post]
18 Mar 2015, 5:30 pm
Got To Give It Up: 7 Things you need to know about the Pharrell / Marvin Gaye copyright lawsuit – Columbia attorney Wes Few on his blog, South Carolina Intellectual Property Litigation BREAKING: NLRB’s General Counsel Office Issues Important Report On Employer Rules – Hartford attorney Daniel Schwartz of Shipman & Goodwin in his Connecticut Employment Law Blog Congress Has a Key Role to Play in Fighting Poverty But Has Done Too Little –… [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 5:48 pm
Poverty Rate Falls But Is Still High, Income Inequality Unchanged – Dan Lesser of The Shriver Center on their blog, The Shriver Brief NFL on Defense Against Retirees in Right of Publicity Lawsuit – Alexandria, VA lawyer Mari-Elise Taube of Stites & Harbison on the firm’s blog, Trademarkology Speech by DOJ’s Marshall Miller Could Be Harbinger of Bad Things to Come – Raleigh attorney David Smyth of Brooks Pierce… [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 8:51 am
We simply cannot get at the root of poverty and social inequity in America without addressing racism.Racial injustice and poverty are inextricably linked.Since being brought to this country in political bondage, Black Americans have suffered invidious and devastating forms of racialized disadvantage in virtually every aspect of life — from residential and educational segregation, to employment discrimination, to bias in law enforcement and the criminal… [read post]
