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Category Archives: Hunger
Food-Sharing Ordinance in Dallas Revised
On Wednesday, December 10, the Law Center formally settled our long-standing litigation with the city of Dallas, over the city’s ordinance imposing unreasonable burdens on religious and other nonprofit organizations seeking to share food with homeless persons in public spaces. … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Criminalization, Human Rights, Hunger
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Farm Bill Passed Without SNAP
Last month, I wrote a blog post about the House of Representative’s failure to pass the Farm Bill. The rejection of the bill reflected House Republican’s dissatisfaction with the severity of proposed cuts to the food stamp program, or Subsidized … Continue reading
With Defeat of House Farm Bill, Devastating Cuts to SNAP Avoided
On June 20th, in a shocking defeat, the House of Representatives rejected the Farm Bill by a vote of 234-195. While the vote was a defeat for Republican supporters of the bill’s spending cuts, it was a pseudo-success for advocates … Continue reading
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Will Reducing SNAP Benefits Reduce the Number of Deadbeat Dads?
On last Tuesday night, Sean Hannity hosted a discussion about a “deadbeat dad” in Tennessee who had twenty-two children with fourteen different women. The man, Orlando Shaw, has not been able to pay child support, but insists that he loves … Continue reading
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From the Small Screen to the Hill: Real Americans Testifying on the Fragile State of the American Dream
Diedre Melson, John Cox and Pamela Thatcher. Photo credit: Don Mathis Hard work is no longer enough to sustain the American Dream for Diedre Melson, John Cox and Pamela Thatcher. Subjects of the HBO documentary film “American Winter,” all three … Continue reading
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Jeremy Rosen Featured on ‘Melissa Harris-Perry Show’
On Sunday, May 12, MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry Show dedicated both hours of the program to exploring whether poverty in America can be solved. The Tulane professor of political science and political commentator asks, ‘What are our nation’s creative, humane, enduring solutions to … Continue reading
Inside the Courtroom with our Pro Bono Partners: Akin Gump and Law Center Win Protection of Food Sharing Rights in Dallas
At the end of March, a federal court delivered a victory to the Law Center and its pro bono partner and LEAP member, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, when it ruled that the City of Dallas may not … Continue reading
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Tagged Akin Gump, criminalization, Dallas, food sharing, pro bono, religious ministries
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Law Center to Honor Emmy® Award-winning Food Network Star Sandra Lee
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is proud to announce that it will honor Sandra Lee—multi-Emmy® Award-winning star of Food Network’s Semi-Homemade—for her work on homelessness at the 14th Annual McKinney-Vento Awards on November 15. Lee is a … Continue reading
Voices of Youth: A Discussion on Homelessness
Thirty-nine percent of the national homeless population are children, and approximately half of those children drop out of school. It is tough for homeless teenagers to fathom how they can finish school and attend college while also looking for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Domestic Violence, education
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Recognizing the Invisible
Too often in our society, homeless persons are devalued, ignored, and treated with much less respect than they deserve.They become accustomed to people walking by with only a disgusted glance in their direction.This lack of acknowledgment is dehumanizing. Earlier … Continue reading