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An Interview With Peter Edelman on "Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America"

Karen Dolan | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Welfare, Wealth, Welfare Reform, Income Inequality, Economic Crisis, Poor, Poverty in America, Safety Net, Tanf, Peter Edelman, Politics News

I recently had the opportunity to talk with Georgetown Law professor, Peter Edelman, to discuss his decades of anti-poverty work and his new book, So ...

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Working Hard to Get Back on Track

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Child Poverty, Snap Benefits, Poverty, Reconciliation Budget, Snap, Food Stamps, Economy, Budget, Jobs, Tanf, Ryan Budget, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Politics News

Programs like Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, food stamps, and transitional housing are lifelines that work when people fall on hard times. We need to preserve them. But that's not what the Ryan "reconciliation budget" just passed by the House of Representatives would do.

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House Passes Bombs-Not-Bread Bill To Spare Military, Cut Food Aid

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Bca, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food Stamps, 112 Congress, Budget Control Act, Paul Ryan Budget, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Video, Paul Ryan Reconciliation, House Republicans Budget Cuts, 112th Congress, Tanf, Budget Reconciliation, Snap, Paul Ryan, Reconciliation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The House on Thursday passed its plan to spare the military's growing budget from mandatory cuts, instead slashing Medicaid, benefits fo...

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GDP and Job Creation: A Grand Mismatch

Jeffrey P. Colin | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Job Creators, Gdp Job Creation, US Poverty, US Unemployment, Poverty, Unemployment, Job Creation, Living Wage Jobs, US-Minimum-Wage, US Income, Tanf, Impact News

As our leaders in business and government engage in continuing debates about how best to grow the economy, huge numbers of Americans are falling deeper and deeper into poverty.

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Bombs Not Food: Republicans Aim To Save Military By Cutting Food Stamps

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamp Cuts, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Republican Budget Cuts, Food Stamps, Budget Cuts, War on Food Stamps, Tanf, Budget Reconciliation, Snap, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The latest Republican plan to reconcile the budget and preserve defense spending extracts even deeper cuts from programs to help the poo...

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We Are All in This Together

Bruce Lesley | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Child Poverty, Education, Social Security, Poverty, Youth, College, Student Debt, Tanf, Youth Unemployment, Student Loans, Stephen Marche, Impact News

The life-long consequences for children in terms of opportunity, education, poverty, health, and the ability to fulfill their God-given potential are disturbing for the current generation of children and youth.

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46,000 Children Have Lost Welfare Benefits Under New State Limits

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Michigan Department of Human Services, Welfare Reform, Karen Holcomb-Merrill, Michigan Welfare Cuts, Detroit News, Cash-Assistance-Limits, Tanf, Michigan League for Human Services, Michigan Welfare, Detroit News

The families of more than 46,000 Michigan children have lost cash assistance since the state passed new stricter limits on welfare benefits. In all, n...

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Under $2 a Day in America, Part 1

Arloc Sherman | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Entitlements, Welfare, Poverty, Food Stamps, Extreme Poverty, Poor, Entitlement Reform, Tanf, Money News

Living on less than $2 per person a day is one World Bank definition of poverty for developing nations. Unfortunately, this threshold is increasingly relevant to the United States.

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Who Will Feed the Children?

Renee Parsons | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Wic, American Children Living in Poverty, Tanf, Poor Children, American Poverty, Snap, Obama Budget, 2013 Budget, Politics News

Since Ted Kennedy's passing, not one member of Congress out of 525 has stepped up to champion poor children -- not one bleeding heart liberal, not one self-proclaimed Christian has come forward to be the voice for homeless and hungry children.

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Repairing the Safety Net

Bob Greenstein | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Unemployment Benefits, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Poor, Medicaid, Safety Net, Unemployment, Social Security, Tanf, Medicare, Politics News

The positive news is that the safety net, bolstered by temporary expansions enacted during the recession, has helped hold the line against poverty and hardship in the past few years. But the safety net also has significant holes.

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"I Just Want a Job"

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Public Schools, College Students, U.S. Economy, Poverty, Economy, Budget, Eviction, Economic Crisis, Drugs, School, Working Poor, Child Poverty, Education, Hunger, Homelessness, College, Homeless, Poor, Poverty in America, Forclosure, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Safety Net, Tanf, Food Pantries, Employment, Jobs, Unemployment, Job, Food Pantry, Politics News

Anyone who thinks welfare recipients do nothing but sit around and cash their checks isn't familiar with the schedules of Tiffany and many others like her.

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The "Holeist" of Holes in the Safety Net

Jodie Levin-Epstein | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Public Policy, Safety Net, 2012 Election, Poverty, U.S. Poverty, Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt-Romney-Safety-Net, Tanf, Mitt Romney Poor People, u.s. Poverty Stats, Politics News

The responsibility of government is at the heart of the 2012 presidential campaign. A challenge for the candidates should be to come up with a list of holes and which they think are the "holeist."

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Taking Stock of the Safety Net, Part 1: Overview

Arloc Sherman | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Health Care Reform, Eitc, Deficit, Unemployment Benefits, Budget Cuts, Tanf, Safety Net, U.S. Poverty Rate, Politics News

Unemployment and long-term unemployment remained very high, as did the percentage Americans without health insurance. Yet things aren't nearly as bad as they could have been.

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Welfare: Why Don't They Get It?

Karen K. Harris | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: U.S. Economy, Welfare, Poverty, US Poverty, Economy, Tanf, Snap, Welfare Reform, Welfare Reform Bill, Politics News

Needy families should not be penalized for their appropriate reliance in troubled times on welfare "safety net" programs. This is especially true when the "failure" wasn't with these families, but rather with financial institutions.

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Jesus Never Asked if the Poor Were Deserving

Pat LaMarche | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Super Committee, Poverty, Homelessness, Christmas, Jesus, US Marines, Head Start, Toys for Tots, Tanf, Salvation Army, Holidays Canada, Politics News

Ironically at this time of year and in the name of Jesus Christ, folks who otherwise point fingers seem to drop the accusations and pick up their check books.

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A Jobs Program or a No Jobs Program; Is Not the Choice Obvious?

James Adler | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Politics News, Unemployment, Employment Benefits Reform, Job Creation, Jobs, Welfare, Welfare Reform, Tanf, American Jobs Act, Extended Unemployment Benefits, Persistent High Unemployment, Los Angeles News, TANF Reauthorization, Entry Level Jobs, Politics News

Any comprehensive cost-benefit analysis would strongly favor job creation and work over persistent unemployment, dependency and personal, family and community deterioration.

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The Jobs Act: Changing the Focus to Create More Jobs More Quickly, Cheaply and Certainly

James Adler | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Los Angeles News, Politics News, Unemployment, Job Creation, Jobs, Welfare, Tanf, American Jobs Act, Extended Unemployment Benefits, Persistent High Unemployment, TANF Reauthorization, Entry Level Jobs, Los Angeles News

Now that the Senate has refused to consider the president's Americans Job Act in one piece, it is time to look at each piece.

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Hasty TANF Cuts Would Place Neediest Families at Risk

Jim Graham | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Dc Council, Welfare Cuts, Welfare, Tanf Cuts, Welfare Reform, Tanf Reform, Tanf Dc, Tanf Benefits, Tanf, DC News

The District must find the right balance between the responsibilities of families and individuals and sustaining the safety net for families most in need of assistance.

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Discouraging News on Child Poverty

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Child Poverty, Poverty, Tanf, Poverty in America, Ending Child Poverty, US Poverty, Poverty Rate, Politics News

New data just released by the U.S. Census Bureau reveals 46.2 million poor people in America, the largest number in the last 52 years. This is a national disgrace.

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A New Social Contract With Reformed Welfare

David Vognar | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: Welfare, Labor Market, Jeffrey Sachs, Tanf, Poverty, Office of Urban Affairs, Cash-Transfer, Black Unemployment, Politics News

Given today's economic swivel, the failure of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families system calls for a major overhaul before the crisis of poverty in inner-city communities gets worse.

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Government Budgets vs. Reality for Women and Girls

K. Sujata | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girls, Women's Rights, Women, Obama White House, Illinois Budget, Child Care, Shriver Center, Women's Issues, Illinois Action for Children, Women Employed, Chicago, Illinois, Tanf, Pell Grants, Federal Budget, Title X, ACLU of Illinois, Chicago News

When I look at the proposed Illinois and federal budgets, I can't help but see how many of the cuts will have a disproportionate impact on women and girls.

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Federal Government Cuts Off Recession Relief Money To States

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Funding, Welfare, Poverty, Unemployment, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Homelessness, Tanf, Politics News

Despite soaring unemployment and the 19 million Americans currently living in "deep poverty," federal funds for the Temporary Assistance For Needy Fam...

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The Economy -- and the Unemployed -- Held Hostage

Deborah Weinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Credits, Unemployment, Child Tax Credit, Food Stamps, Snap, Low-Income, Emergency Unemployment Insurance, Payroll Tax Cut, Earned Income Tax Credit, Millionaire Tax Cuts, Umemployment Insurance, Making Work Pay, Eitc, Tanf, Low-Inome Households, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News

Because Congress failed to act in November to continue the federal emergency Unemployment Insurance program, two million unemployed workers are expect...

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Stimulus Act Jobs Set To Expire, Thousands Facing Unemployment

New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Senate, Congress, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, White House, Unemployment, New Deal, Jobs, Financial Crisis, Obama, Democrats, Tanf, Stimulus Package, Republicans, Business News

Tens of thousands of people will lose their jobs within weeks unless Congress extends one of the more effective job-creating programs in the $787 bill...

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Now You See It, Now You Don't: Plugging the Gaps in New York's State Budget

Vegas Tenold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas DiNapoli, Richard Ravitch, New York Budget, Economic Stimulus Package, New York State Deficit, Dean Skelos, Tanf, New York Taxes, New York News

Last spring, while the New York legislature stubbornly refused to agree on a budget, Richard Ravitch came up with a plan to rein in the state's out of control deficit. It was a tough sell.

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