Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal

04/24/2019

“One in six student loan borrowers, faces ‘severe difficulty’ in repaying their loans. In some low income bay area neighborhoods, it's closer to 42 percent.

‘It disproportionately effects and hurts certain groups, black and Latino borrowers, first generation students. And really, it hits in certain neighborhoods in a way that is not just disturbing, it's alarming,’ says David Erickson with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

He was one of the speakers at an event held at the Federal Reserve Bank in San Francisco to discuss the report's findings.”

For most Americans, an investment in higher education is a key driver of economic security and mobility. However, rapidly rising costs of attendance, combined with stagnant wages and inadequate support systems for vulnerable borrowers have resulted in outcomes that are at odds with our collective vi...

04/19/2019

Some big news on a topic discussed at our symposium this year. The Ninth Circuit upheld California's "sanctuary state" law (SB 54), which limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The court held that the law does not impede the enforcement of federal immigration laws in the state and does not conflict with federal law.

A three-judge panel in San Francisco upheld the state’s sanctuary law, SB54, dealing the Trump administration another loss in its war against California’s sanctuary policies.

04/11/2019

Randolph McLaughlin speaks with Co-Editor in Chief Matthew Lawrence about his article, "The Birth of a Nation: A Study of Slavery in Seventeenth-Century Virginia." Watch the interview on our YouTube channel and read his article from our winter issue here: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_race_poverty_law_journal/vol16/iss1/2/

Prof. McLaughlin discusses his career, latest article, race relations, and politics in the age of social media with Matthew W. Lawrence, co-EIC of HRPLJ.

03/04/2019

An interview with Sam Holder on his review of "Society Must be Defended" by Michel Foucault. Watch the interview on our YouTube channel and check out his review in our latest volume here: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_race_poverty_law_journal/vol16/iss1/4/

Discussion about the book review Sam Holder wrote from Volume 16:1 of Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal.

02/27/2019

Matthew Lawrence, Co-Editor in Chief, interviewed Nicole Alanko on her article entitled "“Helpfulness” is a Two-Way Street: How the Commonwealth of Virginia Can Support Undocumented Survivors of Domestic Violence." Watch the interview on our YouTube channel and check out her article in our latest volume here: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_race_poverty_law_journal/vol16/iss1/3/

Interview with Nicole Alanko, author of "“Helpfulness” is a Two-Way Street: How the Commonwealth of Virginia Can Support Undocumented Survivors of Domestic V...

02/18/2019

Our symposium is FOUR days away! Here's a spotlight on our Keynote Speaker, the Honorable Dana Leigh Marks. She is an Immigration Judge in San Francsico Immigration Court, and President Emeritus of the National Association of Immigration Judges.

Check out the following article in which Justice Marks criticizes case completion quotas imposed by the Department of Justice.

"One cannot measure due process by numbers. The primary job of an immigration judge is to decide each case on its own merits in a fair and impartial way. That is the essence of due process and the oath of office we take. Time metrics simply have no place in that equation. Quality measurements are reasonable, and immigration judge performance should be evaluated, but by judicial standards, which are transparent to the public and expressly prohibit quantitative measures of performance. The imposition of quotas and deadlines forces a judge to choose between providing due process and pushing cases to closure without considering all the necessary evidence."

https://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/immigration/b/immigration-law-blog/posts/quot-i-m-an-immigration-judge-case-completion-quotas-are-a-really-bad-idea-quot-hon-dana-leigh-marks

02/06/2019

Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal is proud to announce the publication of our Winter 2019 Issue! This issue includes two articles, a book review, and one student note. Many thanks to all who helped on this issue, including our wonderful editorial board and staff editors led by co-Editors-in-Chief Anna Robert and Matthew Lawrence.

“Helpfulness” is a Two-Way Street: How the Commonwealth of Virginia Can Support Undocumented Survivors of Domestic ViolenceJ. Nicole Alanko

02/04/2019

Please join BLSA this Wednesday, February from 6pm to 7pm on the Beach (198 McAllister) for a candle light vigil in memory of lives lost to police brutality.

02/03/2019

The lowest-paid shutdown workers aren’t getting back pay

Security guards, janitors and cooks aren't guaranteed compensation for lost wages.

01/24/2019

A Central Valley farmworker was recently awarded a $1 million settlement after suing his former employer's attorney for reporting him to immigration authorities as retaliation for a wage complaint.

Attorneys say the case is a major win for workers who may be reluctant to bring legal claims against employers who threaten retaliation.

01/22/2019

Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress

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Just over 100 years ago, the first woman was sworn into Congress. As of this month, a record 131 women are serving in the Legislature. The New York Times photographed them.

01/21/2019

"I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny."

Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter From a Birmingham Jail

audio: http://okra.stanford.edu/transcription/audio/630416001.mp3

01/18/2019

“Trump administration officials weighed speeding up the deportation of migrant children by denying them their legal right to asylum hearings after separating them from their parents, according to comments on a late 2017 draft of what became the administration's family separation policy obtained by NBC News.“

A draft plan obtained by NBC News also shows officials wanted to specifically target parents in migrant families for increased prosecutions.

01/02/2019

An African-American student leader who was targeted by a racist “troll storm” says she hopes an unusual legal settlement with one of her harassers will send a strong message to white supremacists that they will be held responsible for online abuse.

Taylor Dumpson had sued Evan James McCarty of Eugene, Ore., and two other defendants, including the publisher of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, after she was viciously harassed online. As part of the settlement, filed this past week, Mr. McCarty has agreed to apologize, renounce white supremacy, undergo counseling and help civil rights groups fight hate and bigotry.

Evan James McCarty said he would renounce white supremacy and apologize to Taylor Dumpson, who endured abuse after she was elected student body president at American University.

12/17/2018

A Pause for Grief and Anger: 46 Cambodian American Refugees Deported

Today, I am angry. Today, a flight of 46 Cambodian American refugees are set to be deported. Some were born in refugee camps, some born in…