public welfare

Examines poverty-stricken areas and groups and programs to alleviate poverty, including welfare.

Presents a collection of short speeches in which the author implores the next generation to address such issues as poverty, inequality, climate change, and epidemic disease while demonstrating how these goals can be achieved.

Contains a collection of articles exploring the topics of hunger and food insecurity in the United States.

This anthology examines four cases concerning the nation's welfare policy: King v. Smith, Goldberg v. Kelly, Wyman v. James, and Saenz v. Roe.

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.