Poverty and Welfare: Treat Low Income People Like Responsible Adults Capable Of Money Management, They’ll Rise To Occasion- CATO Institute
Poverty and Welfare 2022 • Cato Handbook for Policymakers By Michael D. Tanner Editor’s note: Readers…
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Exploring Poverty, Wealth Inequality, Earned Nature Of Public Welfare Benefits: Inequality.org
What Decades of Social Work Taught Me About Poverty Editor’s note: Readers can learn how…
Legislative Updates Including Fire Extinguishers In Subways, Stapleton Waterfront, Port Richmond Library Reopens, Battery Site: CM Hanks
Legislative Updates Including Fire Extinguishers In Subways, Stapleton Waterfront, Port Richmond Library Reopens, Battery Site:…
Movie Review: Former US Secretary Of Labor, Robert Reich, Teaches His Final Semester At UC Berkeley In “The Last Class” Documentary
Movie Review: Former US Secretary Of Labor, Robert Reich, Teaches His Final Semester At UC…
In New York As Nationwide: Work Requirements For SNAP, Medicaid Keep Benefits From People While Not Helping Them Find Work
Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping…
Marriage Penalties In Welfare System, Impact On Society
Understanding Marriage Penalties in Welfare and Their Impact on Society Editor’s note: With regard to…
SCOTUS Made It Easier For Government To Violate Civil Rights Without Paying Court Costs When It Does – Making Bringing Cases Financially Infeasible
The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for the Government to Violate Your Rights—Without Paying…
More Americans Support Benefits For Low-Income Individuals – Including SNAP, WIC, Section 8
More Americans of all political stripes support government benefits for low-income people − and Black…
Staten Island To Be Included In ‘Safe Options Support’ Program – NY State Prg Assists Those Facing Homelessness With Outreach, Services
Governor Hochul Announces Expansion of ‘Safe Options Support’ Program to Staten Island Successful Statewide Program…
Remembering Debrina Kawam: Woman Set On Fire On F Train By Migrant Was Homeless, Burned Alive With No One To Help
Debrina Kawam is a woman from Little Falls and Tom’s River in New Jersey. She…
Pending SNAP Eligibility Changes, Slightly Increased Benefit
October Eligibility and Budgeting Changes Editor’s note: Readers may remember our coverage of the benefits…
SCOTUS Needs Accountability, Transparency: Sen. Gillibrand Announces Legislation To Reform Supreme Court, Mandate Robust Ethics, Term Limits
GILLIBRAND, A CHAMPION OF GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO REFORM THE SUPREME COURT …
$250 First Time Fine Is “Limited” For Homeless, Jobless Individuals: Criminalization Of Homelessness Now Sanctioned By US Supreme Court – Even For Cities With No Shelters, Sleeping On Streets Is Criminal Activity
For context, the first time fine in the Oregon city at the center of the…
SCOTUS To Weigh In On Criminalization Of Involuntary Homelessness In Oregon With Excessive Fines, Criminal Trespass Charges
Rutherford Institute Denounces Oregon City Law Against Sleeping, Camping in Public as Unconstitutional Attempt to…
Stop Creating More Hotel Shelters For Homeless – NYC Should Instead Focus On Permanent, Supportive, Affordable Housing To Solve These Issues, Not Lucrative Contracts
Malliotakis, Brooklyn Community Call for Repeal of City Zoning Laws to Stop Creation of Hotel…
SNAP, Cash Assistance Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated In NYC, Bolstering Access To Benefits For Low-Income New Yorkers – Over 90% Of Recipients Applied Online
Mayor Adams Announces Cash Assistance and SNAP Application Backlogs Nearly Eliminated, Bolstering Access to Benefits…
Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof Edelman Discusses Criminalization of Homelessness, Devastation Of Eviction Laws To Low-Income People Across Our Nation
This is the fifth part of the interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…
New Documentary Explores How Newport News, VA Universities Uprooted Flourishing, Expanding Black Communities Via Eminent Domain
“Uprooted” Explores How University Expansion and Eminent Domain Led to Black Land Loss by Brandi…
Spending Welfare Money On Scholarships For Affluent Students, States Taking Credit For Donations By Churches: Failures Of TANF – Biden Admin Rolls Out Overhaul Of Welfare System To Close Loopholes
Biden Administration to Overhaul Welfare Following ProPublica Reporting by Eli Hager ProPublica is a Pulitzer…
Money Bail, Fines, Fees, & Court Costs Ruin Lives: Never Based On Ability To Pay, Causing Hardship For Low-Income People
This is Part 4 of a multi-part interview with Professor Edelman, author of Not A…
Not A Crime To Be Poor: Prof. Edelman Discusses Affects On Low-Income People Of No Attorney For Criminal, Civil Cases
In this part of the interview series with Professor Edelman, our discussion focuses on…
Prof. Edelman Part II: Traffic Court, High Fines, Exorbitant Rising Fees, Contribute To Poverty, Inequality Around America
Professor Edelman sat down with the Staten Islander News Organization to discuss the overuse of…
Professor Edelman Interview Part 1 – Working In Politics w Robert F Kennedy, President Clinton, Causes, Perpetuation Of Poverty In America
Professor Edelman is currently the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy at Georgetown…
Is It A Crime To Be Poor In America? Prof. Edelman Proves Quite Definitively That It Is
Review Of Not A Crime To Be Poor: The Criminalization Of Poverty In America Can…
Hundreds March In 25 States With Poor People’s Campaign: National Call For Revival
If we ever needed to vote, we sure do need to vote now! Hundreds march…
Voices From The Deep South – Persistent Inequities For Poor Blacks
by April Simpson, Center for Public Integrity The legacy of slavery continues to shape life…