Weird. Seems like the groups most rapidly fleeing the Democratic coalition are the exact ones where Bernie Sanders was strongest (working class, Latinos, Bros!). Maybe that guy was onto something!

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

New Article: Getting to Home: Understanding the Collateral Consequences of Negative Records in the Rental Housing Market maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/08/new… via Ezra Rosser

Veterans Day is a day to honor the brave Americans who fought for the values America just decided weren't all that worth fighting for.

New Article: The Remedial Rationale After SFFA maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/09/new… via Ezra Rosser

News Coverage: Tiny Homes Face the Ax in Hong Kong, Leaving Many Families Worried maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/10/new… via Ezra Rosser

New Article: Getting Help maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/new… via Ezra Rosser

New Article: Foundations of the Right of Charitable Uses maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/new… via Ezra Rosser

New Article: The Three-Dimensional Chess for Parents Facing a Child Protective Services Investigation: Navigating the Child Welfare Exception to the Constitution maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/new… via Ezra Rosser

New Article: The Demise of Housing First Policy: The New Missouri Policy That Criminalizes Homelessness maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/new… via Ezra Rosser

New Article: Indigent Defense and Gender maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/new… via Ezra Rosser

News Coverage: When Kentucky Bans Homeless Camps, Where Do People Go? maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/15/new… via Ezra Rosser

"The cost of raising a child to age 18 in a middle-class home is over $310,000 in the U.S., according to one estimate." Anna Louie Sussman for EHRP + Romper romper.com/life/baby-spre…

New Article: Estate to State: Pay-To-Stay Statutes and The Problematic Seizure of Inherited Property maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/18/new… via Ezra Rosser

News Coverage: Feeder Schools to Harvard maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/19/new… via Ezra Rosser

New Book: Living Off the Government?: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Welfare maximinlaw.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/new… via Ezra Rosser

Just a quick note: I will no longer be posting items from the Poverty Law Blog, maximinlaw.wordpress.com, to this platform. I am now on bluesky at EzraRosser and will post some items there but the best option is to check the blog or subscribe to the blog.

We fought Fascists in 1944 We elected one in 2024.

Fewer buses = more poverty and more crime, expert says wreg.com/news/fewer-bus… via April Thompson WREG News Channel 3

Next week, Colombia will bring its experience of law, healing, and memory to Washington, D.C. Join Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica, National Museum of the American Indian, and American University Washington College of Law, along with Indigenous leaders, for a conversation on the role of ancestral knowledge in shaping peace and justice. 🔗 RSVP