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Complexity, Regressivity, and Income Disparity: Self-defeating Aspects of the Earned Income Tax Credit
Unfortunately, the EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit] has failed to live up to its promise. The complexity inherent in the current version of the Credit has, to a certain extent, actually decreased true progressivity in ... -
The Consequences of Post-Incarceration Reentry on Well-Being
This paper will carefully consider the ways in which the role of mass incarceration perpetuates the afflictions of poverty for former offenders, further applying these conclusions to the unique barriers that arise within ... -
Consumer Choice in Medicaid Reform: Analysis of Medicaid reform in Florida and West Virginia
This paper focuses on Florida and West Virginia in particular because these two states have offered some of the most radical steps toward changes in the Medicaid system. Many advocates have highlighted Florida in particular ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Tool for Poverty Alleviation
The purpose of this paper is to argue that there is tremendous potential through CSR (corporate social responsibility) to improve the relations between the private and public spheres of society. It is from the actions of ... -
The Cost of Leaving: Reforming the Family Violence Option (FVO) under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) to Aid Successful Exit from Abusive Relationships
This paper first examines the framework of TANF. This informs the kinds of hurdles an individual, particularly a domestic violence victim, must overcome to be considered eligible for TANF benefits, and the difficulties in ... -
Cracking Down on the Down and Out: The Criminalization of Homelessness
The legislation that this paper examines bars them [homeless persons] from fulfilling basic needs. This paper considers what sorts of legislation criminalizes homelessness, discusses the moral and legal implications of ... -
Creating Locational Equilibriums: The Potential Role of Publicly Funded Housing as a Foundation for Equality of Opportunity for Impoverished Children
Public Housing Projects in the United States have not been built on a large scale since 1981. The idea of building new, government funded, low income housing units is not particularly popular due to the previous historical ... -
The Death Penalty and Socioeconomic Equity
The case of Larry Osborne raises a number of issues central to the death penalty debate. One of the most glaring issues raised by this case is that of equity in the application of the death penalty. Is a defendant who ... -
Debtors' Prison: Virginia's Poor Source for Funding Appointed Counsel
Virginia statute provides for “repayment of representation costs by convicted persons” as part of the cost of prosecution, which is typically assessed by the court as part of sentencing. Payment of these costs is one of ... -
Decarceration: A Promising Approach to Closing the Incarcerated Youth Educational Attainment
While many juvenile detention facilities may reach the general public school standards, the education that incarcerated juveniles receive is inequitable. The centers do not provide youth with the resources that they need ... -
Decolonize the Soil: Case Studies in the Restoration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Because of rich environmental, linguistic, and cultural history and culture, NGOs and government agencies in Latin America have been studying and implementing cultural knowledge restoration for decades. This investigation ... -
Denying Medical Services to Undocumented Immigrants within the United States: Short-Sighted Policies with Disastrous Consequences
This paper will dispel myths about immigration, which become the reasons for the driving opposition against providing social services to immigrants. In addition, this paper will take a legal and human rights approach. It ... -
Differing Views of Teach For America: Where Does the Controversy Lie?
Founded by Wendy Kopp in 1990, Teach For America has gained both supporters and critics along its way to becoming a nation-wide movement towards achieving educational equity. In an effort to understand the controversy ... -
Dignified Healthcare for Immigrants: The Need for Cross-Cultural Efficacy in America’s Medical Community
The diversification of the American population changes the healthcare landscape. Patients with different cultural belief systems and the increased incidence of tropical diseases in the United States requires reform in the ... -
Disadvantaged from Birth: Low Birth Weight and Socioeconomic Class
This paper looks into both the causes of LBW [low birth weight] and its consequences on the physical and cognitive development of children and their resilience. It investigates how socioeconomic class can be involved in ... -
Disaster Aid in Pakistan: An Opportunity for Maternal and Child Health Reform
This paper first examines the health concerns in Pakistan before and after the 2010 flooding and then proposes a model for meeting Pakistan's most severe health needs. The model emphasizes supporting the goals and requirements ... -
Discrediting Neo-Liberalism: The Social Democratic Welfare State Of The Netherlands
This essay explores how the welfare state has managed to prosper in spite of conventional economic "wisdom". Unlike the United States, which has followed neo-liberal economic policies at the expense of the highest rates ... -
Diversification is not Enough: Dismantling White Supremacy in the Nonprofit Sector
The term white supremacy connotes extremist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan for many Americans, but white supremacist norms and characteristics are often salient much closer to home. Merriam Webster defines white ... -
Divided Bias: Media Framing of Healthcare in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
When it comes to healthcare, news organizations have the ability to influence the American public based on framing of the issues which can then affect policy. After first reviewing the background of the issues, this paper ... -
Do "Delta Dreams" Come True? Community and Individual Development in Phillips County, Arkansas
In general, most residents of low-income neighborhoods are unhappy with the impoverished state of their community and can take one of two modes of action to demonstrate their dissatisfaction: exit or voice (Simon 2001:144). ...