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The Bitter Fruit of Welfare Reform

Irasema Garza | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Welfare, Women, Welfare System, Poverty, Women's Issues, Welfare Reform, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Economic Crisis, Economic Security, Welfare Policy, Tanf, Politics News
Irasema Garza

Now, more than ever, we need a functioning social safety net -- one that helps families keep food on the table in times of crisis, while providing a toe hold to a more economically secure future.

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Peaceful Revolution: Bailout Blues: Opportunity in Crisis

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner | Posted 12.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Economic Security, momsrising.org, Corporate Bailout, Families, Work and Family Life, Bailout, Living News
Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

Daily worries about work and family responsibilities proved to be frequent for 72 percent of working fathers and 67 percent of working mothers with children under 18.

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The Post-Social Contract Generation

Dr. Judith Rodin | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Youth, Economics, Work, Judith Rodin, Economic Security, Generation Y, Millennials, Time, Social Contract, Rockefeller Foundation, Politics News
Dr. Judith Rodin

Almost half of America's youngest workers believe the nation's best days may have come and gone. This is Generation Y, the nation's largest age group, and increasingly its most pessimistic.

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