On AlterNet: welfare
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "welfare"
Seth Wessler, ColorLines. February 17, 2010.
Unable to find jobs, kicked off welfare, women in Connecticut are forced to sell food assistance to buy basic necessities.
Jill Filipovic, Feministe AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 30, 2009.
(Then it's still a hand-out to the lazy, just not for me.)
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009.
At the heart of conservative thought is the rule of 'no handouts.' But is falling back on this belief a sign of GOP desperation?
Rachel Neumann, AlterNet. July 6, 2009.
Luz Guerra has already lost her job. Now she might lose her car, her home and her health insurance.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. May 8, 2009.
One of the GOP's favorite b.s. talking points — the specter of welfare recipients living large on the government’s dime — is making a comeback.
Phillip S. Smith, Drug War Chronicle. March 22, 2009.
As the money crunch punishes states coffers, legislators are callously pushing drug testing for welfare and unemployment recipients.
Holly, Feministe AlterNet: PEEK. February 4, 2009.
"This is what democracy looks like." Though if it really was the protesters wouldn't have been taken away in paddy wagons.
Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 27, 2007.
Richard Blair: In the view of the Roberts court, it is better that ten innocents suffer than one guilty person escape.
Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. August 13, 2007.
In this deeply offensive and infuriating clip Rudy tries to make jokes about his harsh welfare policies as Mayor of New York.
Elana Levin, AlterNet: PEEK. March 19, 2007.
Elana Levin: Why does the government support jobs programs for the unemployed that lead to dead-end, short-term jobs?
Juliette Terzieff, Women's eNews. December 16, 2006.
Single mothers are the majority of those receiving welfare. New federal regulations will limit their time for education, time with children, or even domestic-violence counseling.
