Mitch Landrieu, Earl Lewis, and Kristin Hass discuss the crucial role practice and policy play today in shaping our nation’s legacies, in a conversation moderated by Christina Olsen. January 2021.
Barr spoke at the annual New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Coalition conference, sharing his experience as a Clinton administration official as the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act was established and signed into law in December, 2
Luke Shaefer discusses the questions of principle and practicality in this journey, as well as the expected impacts on child poverty were it to become law. December 2020.
H. Luke Shaefer discusses his recent report reviewing the Employer Resource Networks (ERNs) model, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Brent Orrell with Dr. Shaefer, Jason Heyboer of Lacks Enterprises, and James M.
Luke Shaefer, Alford A. Young Jr., and Michael S. Barr, discuss some of the ways that policymakers and communities are attempting to combat poverty during this crisis. July 2020.
WDI and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan were proud to co-host Efosa Ojomo, co-author of “The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty" and senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute,
Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton; Professor of Law Barry Friedman, New York University; and Jessica Gillooly, PhD candidate of the Ford School, in a panel moderated by David Thacher examine racial bias in emergency calls.
Rachel Woolf, Emilio Gutiérrez Soto (Knight-Wallace Fellow), Laura Sanders, William D. Lopez discuss "Deported: An American Division" moderated by Ann Lin. January, 2019.
Professor Sue Dynarski testifies before House Subcommittee on Education and Labor on January 18th, 2018 on the topic titled “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency.”
Olivia Golden, Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, to discuss work support strategies and what the future may hold for low-income in America. November, 2017.
Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute, talks poverty & public policy followed by a conversation with Luke Shaefer, director of Poverty Solutions, and community Q&A. October, 2017.
Bankole Thompson talks with Reverend Jesse Jackson about his thoughts on his presidential campaign, student activism, current civil right struggles, and the 2016 election. October, 2016.
Watch the U.S. Senate Finance Committee testimony of Luke Shaefer as he talks about poverty in the United States and his book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America"
The authors Kathy Edin and Luke Shaefer, of the book "$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America," discuss the major themes of their revelatory research on income inequality and extreme poverty in the United States. October, 2015.
In this Book Talks, James House about his book Beyond Obamacare. James then joins Helen Levy, Richard Lichtenstein on a panel to discuss health care and his book moderated by Paula Lantz.
Sheldon Danziger, William G. Gale, Eugene Steuerle and moderator Marina von Neumann Whitman hold a panel on income distribution at the "Honoring Ned Gramlich and the Importance of Policy Research" conference. May, 2014.
