New Book: Ray D. Madoff, The Second Estate How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy (2025). Overview below: Amid conflicting narratives about the drivers of wealth and inequality in the United…

[Self-serving post] New Article: Ezra Rosser, Under-Enforcement of Tribal Land Use Regulations, 71 S.D. L. Rev. 584 (2026). Abstract below: This brief Article explores the advantages and disadvanta…

New Article: Erick J. Sam, Inequality as Market Failure, 34 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 725 (2026). Abstract below: This Article explores economic, philosophical, and legal relationships between ec…

New Article: Michael Z. Green, Black Labor Matters, 75 Am. U. L. Rev. 1219 (2026). Abstract below: Black and organized workers increasingly find themselves threatened by two key outside forces: one…

New Essay: Nikole Hannah-Jones, In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?, N.Y. Times Mag. (Sep. 20, 2026).

News Coverage: Sydney Ember & Margot Sanger-Katz, Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force, N.Y. Times (Sep. 15, 2026).

New Article: Deborah N. Archer & Devon W. Carbado, Reform And Retrenchment In The Architecture Of American Citizenship, 174 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1 (forthcoming 2026). Abstract below: American citizen…

New Book: Allison Anna Tait, The House that Family Money Built (2026). Overview below: At both ends of the wealth spectrum, the laws governing credit and debt hardwire patterns of both privilege an…

New Article: Jaclyne Berger, Trapped: How Asset Restrictions Impact Supplemental Security Income Eligibility and Impoverish Individuals with Disabilities, 36 Health Matrix 535 (2026). Abstract belo…

New Article: Vicki Been & Yun-chien Chang, From Kelo to Grants Pass v. Johnson: Public Use for Housing for the Homeless, 43 Yale J. on Reg. 197 (2025). Abstract below: The Supreme Court’s 2024 …

Call-for-papers: Christian Legal Thought from the Margins Emory University’s Center for the Study of Law and Religion and the Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics at Pepperdine Caruso Sc…

New Article: CJ Ryan, A Tale of Two Landlords, 114 Ky. L.J. 1 (2025). Abstract below: In 2024, eviction filing rates in the United States reached historic levels, impacting the housing stability of…

The government’s onerous rules impose a burdensome tax on time.

New Article: Andrew Elmore, Kati L. Griffith & Sachin S. Pandya, Presuming Justice for Temp Workers, 67 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 341 (2025). Abstract below: Workers need to know who their employe…

New Article: Carrie L. Floyd, Let Me Think: Facilitating Deliberation in a Frictionless Economy, 43 Yale J. on Reg. 767 (2026). Abstract below: “Frictionless financing” platforms promise consumers …

New Article: Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud & Shaun Ossei-Owusu, Other People’s Poverty, 111 Iowa L. Rev. 1851 (2026). Abstract below: Puerto Ricans have a relationship with the United States that…

The Touro Law Center Journal of Race, Gender, and Ethnicity is pleased to issue this call for papers as part of their 2027 online symposium, Closing the Wealth Gap: Legal Solutions for Economic Jus…

New Article: Andrew Hammond, Welfare Litigation, State Courts, and Social Citizenship, SSRN July 2026. Abstract below: For half a century, federal courts have stood at the center of welfare rights …

New Article: Shirley Lin, Race-Conscious Data: The New Political Taxonomy, 114 Georgetown L.J. 1301 (2026). Abstract below: Well before the Court issued Students for Fair Admissions, archconservati…

New Article: Benjamin I. Sachs & John Fry, Is Labor Preemption Good for Labor?, 110 Minn. L. Rev. 1587 (2026). Abstract below: Labor law has long been the exclusive province of the federal gove…

New Book: Fran Quigley, Lessons from Eviction Court: How We Can End Our Housing Crisis (2025). Overview below: Lessons from Eviction Court goes behind the disturbing statistics of evictions and hom…

New Article: Pratheepan Gulasekaram, Rose Cuison-Villazor & Rick Su, Busing & The Sanctuary City, U. Colo. L. Legal Stud. Rsch. Paper No. 26-12 (June 4, 2026). Abstract below: Sanctuary cit…

New Article: Greg Baltz, Landlord-Tenant Collective Bargaining, 8 Cardozo L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026). Abstract below: Amidst a growing affordability crisis, tenant unions organize to secure indi…

New Report: Will Fischer, Addressing the Housing Affordability Crisis Requires Increasing Housing Supply and Expanding Rental Assistance, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (June 10, 2026).

New Article: Gabriel Scheffler, Affordable Care Act Retrenchment, 102 Ind. L.J. (forthcoming) (SSRN July 2026). Abstract below: The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) is poised to mak…

<p><span>Inequality in the United States continues to rise sharply and academics are increasingly paying attention to the relationship between the law and the m

New Article: Andrea Freeman, The Roots of Credit Inequality, 49 Seattle U.L. Rev. 25 (2025). Abstract below: Debt oppression began before the United States became a country. Settlers enslaved Afric…

New Article: Marcella Jackson, High at Home: How the Continued Federal Prohibition of Cannabis In Federally Subsidized Housing Perpetuates the War on Drugs, 70 Vill. L. Rev. 813 (2026).

News Coverage: Peter S. Goodman, Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places, N.Y. Times (May 18, 2026).

New Article: Kate Elengold, It’s All Debt To Me, U.C. Davis. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2027). Abstract below: Michelle owes $15,000 to a bank for credit card debt. Reid owes $15,000 to Memphis Mem…

New Article: Alia Al-Khatib, More Harm Than Good: Criminal Penalties for Wage Theft, 60 U. Rich. L. Rev. 579 (2026). Abstract below: “Wage theft is a crime.” Workers, their advocates, and even some…

New Article: Manoj Viswanathan, Earmarked Taxes and Redistribution, Colum. J. Tax L. (forthcoming 2026). Abstract below: This Article argues that earmarked taxes-tax provisions where revenue is leg…

Heather R. Abraham, Sheltering Discrimination: Fourth Amendment Challenges to Voucher Inspections, __ U.C. Davis L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2027), available at SSRN (Feb. 06, 2026).Ezra RosserProfessor H...

New Article: Allison M. Freedman, The Eviction Caste System, 67 Boston College L. Rev. 1503 (2026). Abstract below: The United States is facing a dire housing crisis, and most Americans agree that …

New Article: Brooke Depenbusch, The Long War on Welfare: Taxpayer Activists and the Politics of Backlash in Depression-Era America, 112 J. Am. Hist. 513 (2025). Excerpt below: During the second hal…

New Article (Forthcoming): Danielle Wingfield, Self-Reliant Justice, 115 Calif. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2027). Abstract below: The founding contradiction of American law is a constitutional order that…

Call-for-Papers: ClassCrits XV: Making Progress in a Regressive Era, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, MN, Sept. 18-19, 2026. Submission deadline: July 15, 2026. Full details available he…

Interactive Tool: “Who Is Receiving Social Safety Net Benefits?” US Census Bureau (last updated Nov. 2024).

New Article: Samuel R. Bagenstos, The Limits of Negative Rights Claims in Social Change Litigation: A Disability Law Perspective on Grants Pass, Wayne L. Rev. (forthcoming). Abstract below: This es…

New Article: Sarah Lynnda Swan & Cynthia Godsoe, Race, Space, And The New Legal Geographies Of Banishment, SSRN March 2026. Abstract below: In early November 2024, Atlanta rapper-celebrity Jeff…

New Report: World Bank, Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis (Oct. 2024). Abstract: The Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024 is the latest edition of t…

New Article: Delaram Takyar, The Hidden Cost of Government Immunity, U.C. Irvine Law Review (forthcoming 2026). Abstract below: Sovereign immunity laws impose an unequal burden on disadvantaged com…

Op-Ed: Jeff D. Colgan, Trump’s War Is Punishing the Poor, Starting at the Gas Pump, N.Y. Times (May 14, 2026).

New Article: Alexander A. Boni-Saenz, Age, Law, and Political Economy, 101 Indiana Law Journal __ (forthcoming 2026). Abstract below: This Article examines the intersection of age, class, and the l…

New Article: Shawn E. Fields, Searches and Seizures of the Unhoused, 114 Geo. L.J. (2026). Abstract below: This Article provides the first comprehensive critique of the structural inadequacies…

New Article: Eric Dunn, Can We Finally Get Serious about the Scarlet E?, 87 Ohio St. L.J. Online 1 (2026). Abstract below: The United States inflicts the trauma of residential eviction on roughly 3…