welfare

May 19, 2016 - The creation of manufacturing jobs has been touted as a solution to the country's economic woes, but a new report finds that a surprisingly large number of manufacturing production workers' families rely on public safety-net programs to make ends meet — especially in Southern states.

December 6, 2013 - A court battle is underway pitting voting rights advocates against Louisiana officials who have not fulfilled their responsibilities to encourage low-income people to vote under the National Voter Registration Act.

November 22, 2013 - Rep. Trey Radel (R-Fla.) gets a slap on the wrist for coke possession. Black and Latino men and women don't get off so easily.

September 6, 2013 - A flawed Cato study claims that "welfare" pays better than work.

March 1, 1998 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 26 No. 1, "Organizing for Dignity." Find more from that issue here.

August 1, 1991 - Workfare got its start along the back roads of Arkansas, but today the program punishes more women than it employs.

August 1, 1991 - Poor Texans ordered to find work find themselves trapped in a bureaucratic maze that ignores the realities of poverty