http://dir.salon.com/topics/welfare_reform/?source=rss&aim=welfare_reform en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT By Ed Kilgore Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/31/welfare_wedge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/08/31/welfare_wedge/index.html?source=rss Healthcare reform has brought back the right's favorite wedge issue -- government handouts for the "undeserving" By Cary Tennis Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/26/charity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/11/26/charity/index.html?source=rss It's not that I don't believe in helping others. I just don't believe in giving money to people on the street. By Suzy Hansen Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/02/04/hancock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/02/04/hancock/index.html?source=rss 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. By Nell Bernstein Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/10/25/drug_families/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/10/25/drug_families/index.html?source=rss The drug war has stamped an entire class of parents as permanently unfit. By Arianna Huffington Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/01/poverty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/01/poverty/index.html?source=rss In the debate over Bush's faith-based charity plan, church vs. state is not the issue. By Peter Edelman Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/14/poverty/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/01/14/poverty/index.html?source=rss Clinton's latest anti-poverty moves won't help the jobless who've been lost from the welfare rolls. Letters to the Editor Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/09/08/character/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/1999/09/08/character/index.html?source=rss Is Bush controversy about character or issues? Plus: Fame and notoriety after 500-man gangbang; ugly Americans in Beirut and Berlin. By Nell Bernstein Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/01/welfare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/01/welfare/index.html?source=rss Despite the success stories, more families at the bottom are falling apart. By Daryl Lindsey Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/04/30/poor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/04/30/poor/index.html?source=rss Does anyone care about the working poor? By Jonathan Broder Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/25/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/25/news/index.html?source=rss The Swiss didn't just hang on to Holocaust victims' bank accounts. They used them to bankroll Hitler's war machine. By Lori Leibovich Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/24/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1997/07/24/news/index.html?source=rss A new documentary explores conflict and cooperation between blacks and Jews. By Joan Walsh Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/12/11/news/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1996/12/11/news/index.html?source=rss Welfare reform might just work  if the government pays attention to the new strategies being developed on a community level.