Income Inequality – Voices for Civil Justice

Milwaukee’s staggering black-white economic divide

News Story (Wisconsin)

Milwaukee’s staggering black-white economic divide

August 16, 2016 | Tanzina Vega | CNN Money
The ongoing protests and violence that have occurred over the past several days in Milwaukee are about more than the police killing of Sylville Smith.
Tags: Employment | Income Inequality

More help is overdue for Minnesota’s poorest families

Editorial (Minnesota)

More help is overdue for Minnesota’s poorest families

February 12, 2016 | Star-Tribune (Minneapolis)
No excuse can any longer justify Minnesota’s 30-year failure to increase monthly cash assistance to this state’s poorest families with children.
Tags: Income Inequality | Poverty

Poverty study is an alarm bell for N.J. state government

Editorial (New Jersey)

Poverty study is an alarm bell for N.J. state government

November 18, 2015 | Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
A new report from Legal Services' Poverty Research Institute offers a more contemporary look into the price of living in New Jersey.
Tags: Income Inequality | Poverty

7 Ways To Fight Poverty In Philly

Op-Ed (Pennsylvania)

7 Ways To Fight Poverty In Philly

October 9, 2015 | Sharon Dietrich , Louise Hayes |
A whopping 186,000 Philadelphians — 12 percent of the city’s residents — live below 50 percent of the federal poverty line. Here's a policy agenda to solve it.
Tags: Income Inequality | Poverty

We Need Fighters for the Poor — Civil Legal Aid Can Help

Op-Ed (Georgia)

We Need Fighters for the Poor — Civil Legal Aid Can Help

October 2, 2015 | Talley Wells | Huffington Post
We need fighters to combat injustice and income inequality -- civil legal aid can help. For those battles requiring legal expertise, civil legal aid attorneys will continue the fight in your communities and mine.
Tags: Income Inequality