Tag: criminalization of poverty

SCOTUS Made It Easier For Government To Violate Civil Rights Without Paying Court Costs When It Does – Making Bringing Cases Financially Infeasible
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for the Government to Violate Your Rights—Without Paying…
More Americans Support Benefits For Low-Income Individuals – Including SNAP, WIC, Section 8
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black…

$250 First Time Fine Is “Limited” For Homeless, Jobless Individuals: Criminalization Of Homelessness Now Sanctioned By US Supreme Court – Even For Cities With No Shelters, Sleeping On Streets Is Criminal Activity
For context, the first time fine in the Oregon city at the center of the…
SCOTUS To Weigh In On Criminalization Of Involuntary Homelessness In Oregon With Excessive Fines, Criminal Trespass Charges
Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to…

SNAP, Cash Assistance Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated In NYC, Bolstering Access To Benefits For Low-Income New Yorkers – Over 90% Of Recipients Applied Online
Mayor Adams Announces Cash Assistance and SNAP Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated, Bolstering Access to Benefits…

Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof Edelman Discusses Criminalization of Homelessness, Devastation Of Eviction Laws To Low-Income People Across Our Nation
This is the fifth part of the interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…

Money Bail, Fines, Fees, & Court Costs Ruin Lives: Never Based On Ability To Pay, Causing Hardship For Low-Income People
This is Part 4 of a multi-part interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…

Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof. Edelman Discusses Affects On Low-Income People Of No Attorney For Criminal, Civil Cases
In this part of the interview series with Professor Edelman, our discussion focuses on…

Prof. Edelman Part II: Traffic Court, High Fines, Exorbitant Rising Fees, Contribute To Poverty, Inequality Around America
Professor Edelman sat down with the Staten Islander News Organization to discuss the overuse of…

Professor Edelman Interview Part 1 – Working In Politics w Robert F Kennedy, President Clinton, Causes, Perpetuation Of Poverty In America
Professor Edelman is currently the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown…

Is It A Crime To Be Poor In America? Prof. Edelman Proves Quite Definitively That It Is
Review Of Not A Crime To Be Poor: The Criminalization Of Poverty In America Can…