Welfare mothers are popularly viewed as passively dependent on their checks and averse to work. Reformers across the political spectrum advocate moving these women off the welfare rolls and into the l
Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuee
In the decade since President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 into lawamidst promises that it would "end welfare as we know it"h