Provides a comprehensive examination of the extent, causes, effects, and costs of American poverty nearly a decade after passage of the welfare reform with policies.
Afraid that she will have no where to go when her welfare checks are stopped, nineteen-year-old high school dropout Aisha tries to figure out how she can support herself and her two young children in New York City.
Presents the text of twenty-one American social insurance laws in chronological order, spanning 1862-2000, along with essays providing historical context for each. Also includes a time line and a bibliography.
Presents opposing viewpoints on various aspects of poverty, including its causes, ways to end it, the welfare system, the homeless, and the relationship between poverty and discrimination.
