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Connecting for survival: Understanding the spatial implications of migrant women’s survival strategies in two cities

November 21

Colleen Hammelman, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Women worldwide carry out survival strategies that rely on connecting to...

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Poverty and the New Geography of Blame in the United States

July 23

Jeff Maskovsky, Queens College, City University of New York, Department of Urban Studies Poverty and inequality are being re-territorialized in...

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The Multiple Relational Geographies of Urban Redevelopment

May 2

Bob Lake, Rutgers University, Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy Urban redevelopment in the neoliberal city is frequently...

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OutsideIN – 1,000 Safer by 2015

April 16

Real Change, Seattle, Washington, Advocacy and Organizing Program Last January, 3,123 men, women and children were counted without basic shelter...

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Governing Urban Poverty: Boston, Dublin and Vancouver

April 16

Karen Murray - York University - Department of Political Science Empirically, Karen aims to document the governmental and political character and...

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The making of good migrant workers and the low-wage nation

March 31

Carolyn Pinedo Turnovsky, University of Washington, American Ethnic Studies and Law Societies and Justice Program How can we more fully understand...

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Local Poverty and Local Knowledge in Remote Locations of the Pacific Northwest

March 13

Martha Henderson – The Evergreen State College The Olympia Peninsula and eastern Oregon have experienced increasing poverty since the Great...

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iPads in the Laundromat

March 2

Nick Gottschall, University of Washington, Department of International Studies There’s a laundromat on Bellevue Avenue, near my Capitol Hill...

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A Proud, Angry Poor

February 19

Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Political Science In her 2012 contribution to The Nation, Piven calls for broader...

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