50 Years After the War on Poverty: Successes Should Inspire the Next Bold Steps for Poor Children

Safety net programs emerging from the War on Poverty and later antipoverty efforts such as Head Start, Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), among others have reduced poverty, and strengthened longer-term outcomes for poor children, leading to better health and greater economic success into adulthood. Unfortunately, despite the strong positive effect of these public programs, the poverty rate is still too high, particularly among America’s next generation of children and young adults. Struggling with economic insecurity is now a typical experience for America’s next generation, with the overwhelming majority of low-income households with children consisting of at least one working adult. For many families, work is not enough to keep them out of poverty, especially due to decades of shrinking wages, lack of affordable child care, and too few opportunities to move up to a better job with higher wages. Even with modest assistance from public programs, millions of families still struggle with economic insecurity. We need to build on the success of the War on Poverty and target the new problems created by the low-wage labor market

PASTA OR PARADIGM: THE PLACE OF ITALIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN IN POPULAR FILM

The year is 1930, the film is Little Caesar, and Hollywood begins its long and often irresponsible tradition of portraying the Italian-American male as gangster, thug, sociopath. The gangster genre has traditionally focused on male activities--men in groups, their rites of passage into underworld manhood, and their perverted American dreams of success achieved through community extortion, syndicated corruption, and blood murder. But hidden in the story of Caesar Enrico Bandello, who has justifiably been called our archetypal film gangster, we also discover fragmentary, but important, early portrayals of the Italian woman in America

Working Without Chevron: The PTO as Prime Mover

Through a proliferation of post-issuance administrative proceedings, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has become a major player in the fate of patents after their initial examination and grant. In combination with the PTO’s more traditional roles in initial examination and general guidance, new post-issuance proceedings enable the PTO to help steer the development of substantive patent law even without general provision of high-level Chevron deference for the agency’s interpretations of substantive aspects of the U.S. Patent Act. Contrary to some commentators’ suggestions, congressional authorization for new post-issuance proceedings does not appear to have included an implicit delegation of interpretive authority generally warranting Chevron deference on such matters. But the PTO can still accomplish much with lower-level deference and the advantages that its common “first mover” position provides

The Dormant Second Amendment: Exploring the Rise, Fall, and Potential Resurrection of Independent State Militias

The term “militia” is polarizing, misunderstood, misapplied, and generally difficult for modern Americans to digest. That is not surprising, given the depth and breadth of American militia history and militias’ substantial evolution over four centuries. Historically, militia simply refers to a broad-based civic duty to protect one’s fellow citizens from internal and external dangers and is not limited to activities involving firearms. Reestablishing militia’s true meaning and purpose—and reinvigorating independent state militias in the United States to effect that purpose—has the potential to address states’ emerging financial and security gaps and to produce multiple other significant benefits, including recalibrating federalism. This article suggests a method for how best to reinvigorate independent state militias, addresses the major critique against doing so, and initiates a real discussion about the future of state militias—an issue conspicuously underdeveloped in scholarship today

Sea Turtle Response to Climate Change: Analyzing Current and Predicting Future Impacts on Populations, Habitat, and Prey Populations

With the prediction of devastating global climate change effects for the near future, scientists are expanding their research and understanding of some of the most severely affected organisms. Because sea turtles rely on both marine and terrestrial habitats for survival, and because coastal areas are already experiencing great losses due to sea level rising, human development, and pollution, all seven species are already listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. In this literature analysis, I examined the many factors that contribute to a sampling of the current sea turtle population status as well as scrutinized turtle adaptability to the changing environment. After developing a broad global view of the effects of climate change and human practices on worldwide sea turtle populations, I focused my study on the populations found in the waters of America as a continent, which included case studies of Costa Rica and Cape Cod Bay. In these two unique regions, various species experience diverse threats, including cold stunning, problems feeding, and nesting pressures. From this literature review in combination with my own independent research projects, I examined how some turtle populations would be affected by changing environmental and anthropological factors, and congruently formed my own conclusions and predictions about current population statuses and potential future implications. Though global climate change is causing sea level rise, and sand and air temperature increases, humans greatly impact both the vital marine and terrestrial environments of foraging and nesting sea turtles through ocean acidification, development, and over exploitation. The future of sea turtle population conservation and management relies on research and understanding of anthropogenic and climate change effects on marine and coastal habitats

Policy and Practice Brief: Supporting the Employment Outcomes of SSI and SSDI Beneficiaries in Section 8 or Subsidized Housing; A Model of Policy Supporting Effective Employment Practice

This brief provides an overview of the Family Self-Sufficiency Program administered by Housing and Urban Development. Comparisons and contrasts between Family Self- Sufficiency, and the Ticket to Work and Benefits Planning are drawn as is a template for combining these important employment resources to affect successful employment outcomes

Who I Am: Exploring the nature and meaning of children’s active and social selves

The aim of this study was to develop a richer picture of children’s core self-concept factors and their meaning in order to increase adults’ understanding of the self factors that children value most. In addition, since self-esteem is based on core self-concept factors, the study aimed to use this richer understanding to assess the content validity of widely used self-esteem questionnaires. The central objectives were: » to develop a richer picture of children’s core self-concept factors, with a focus on their active and social selves; » to compare children’s core self factors with adults’ conceptualisations of children’s self-concept and self-esteem

EXPLORING SUPPLY DYNAMICS IN COMPETITIVE MARKETS

Understanding the ebb and flow of competitive markets is essential for students pursuing a variety of undergraduate degrees. The objective of this study is to introduce users to interactions that occur in the supply side of competitive markets using a dynamic simulation model with curriculum materials.Marketing,

Current training: Where are we?

Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. maintains a staff of 750 helicopter pilots. The initial, transition, upgrade, and recurrent training for these pilots requires a significant financial outlay. Since a major portion of that training is done to satisfy the requirements of FAR 61.57, 'Recent Flight Experience, Pilot in Command' and 135.297, 'Pilot in Command: Instrument Proficiency Check Requirements', much could be accomplished using an approved simulator. However, it is imperative that credit be given for training time spent in the simulators and that the device be realistic, practical, and affordable