Welfare Reform

Time's up
Welfare reform enacted in the prosperous '90s is pushing the first wave of families off public assistance amid today's recession. An expert talks about the consequences.
The base of poverty
In the debate over Bush's faith-based charity plan, church vs. state is not the issue.
Motherless children
The drug war has stamped an entire class of parents as permanently unfit.
America's "disappeared"
Clinton's latest anti-poverty moves won't help the jobless who've been lost from the welfare rolls.
Letters to the Editor
Is Bush controversy about character or issues? Plus: Fame and notoriety after 500-man gangbang; ugly Americans in Beirut and Berlin.
Is welfare reform sending more kids to foster care?
Despite the success stories, more families at the bottom are falling apart.
Burger Barn blues
Does anyone care about the working poor?
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
The Swiss didn't just hang on to Holocaust victims' bank accounts. They used them to bankroll Hitler's war machine.
SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal
A new documentary explores conflict and cooperation between blacks and Jews.
Up From Misery
Welfare reform might just work  if the government pays attention to the new strategies being developed on a community level.

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