Aug 21, 2008

Welfare Reform | Poor Women and Children Need Welfare

Betty Reid Mandell has been a welfare-rights activist since the 1960s. She coedits the newspaper Survival News, written by and about poor people, and is the author of several books on social welfare issues.

Summary: Many poor Americans and other concerned individuals fear that welfare-reform proposals and cuts in welfare benefits will make the lives of poor women and children more miserable. Because of the scarcity of jobs that pay a livable wage, impoverished Americans need programs such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), job training, and food...