The Shriver Brief


"Poverty law commentary and insights."

Author: John Bouman is president of the Chicago-based Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law; Karen K. Harris is supervising attorney of the center's community investment unit; and Andrea Kovach is a staff attorney with the community investment unit.

Blawg Related Categories: Financial Crisis • Health Law • Legislation & Lobbying

Recent Posts from The Shriver Brief


  • Cap-and-Trade: An Explanation

    Co-authored by Lissa Domoracki and Carrie Gilbert [Part 2 in the Shriver Center’s series on Climate Change and Low-Income Communities] The build-up of carbon and other green-house gas emissions in the atmosphere causes climate change. If…

  • Homestretch 5: Health insurance market reform

    [This is the fifth in a series of six articles summarizing the leading categories of issues at stake in the final stages -- the homestretch -- of the debate on national health insurance and health…

  • Climate Change's Added Impact on Low-Income People and Communities

    Co-authored by: Lissa Domoracki and Carrie Gilbert  [This is the first in a series of articles about climate change and its impact on people and low-income communities. These articles reflect the Shriver Center’s initiative to raise…

  • Homestretch 4 - The Exchange, public option and CO-OPs

    [This is the fourth in a series of six articles summarizing the leading categories of issues at stake in the final stages -- the homestretch -- of the debate on national health insurance and health…

  • Maria Shriver Report on Women: Update Policies to Reflect the American Workforce

    Compared to their parents and grandparents, today’s families are experiencing a transformation in how they navigate work and caregiving responsibilities. This change has profound implications for what the government and business must do to respond…

  • Homestretch Part 3: Affordability Measures

    [This is the third in a series of six articles summarizing the leading categories of issues at stake in the final stages -- the homestretch -- of the debate on national health insurance and health…

  • Expansion of Public Programs for Low-income Individuals

    Without passage this year of health insurance reform containing an expansion for low-income families, states will spend more on their programs for the poor than they currently pay out.  A recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation…

  • Three Cheers for the Stimulus Bill

    The devastating effects of the financial crisis continue to be felt by millions of Americans and many are “booing” the stimulus bill, when in fact they should be cheering. The purpose of the stimulus’ $787…

  • Homestretch 1: Children's Coverage -- Do No Harm!

    [This is the first in a series of six articles summarizing the leading categories of issues at stake in the final stages -- the homestretch -- of the debate on national health insurance and health…

  • Down the Homestretch for Health Reform

    August was a long month of rowdy town hall meetings and outrageous rumors and attacks aimed at killing comprehensive health reform. But now it’s September. With his powerful speech to a joint session of Congress and…