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  • Welfare Programs Could Be the Next Target of a Donald Trump Executive Order

    The Trump administration is looking to make big changes to the country’s welfare system, and as part of that process, administration officials are considering an executive order that would require federal agencies to review low-income-assistance programs. Two administration officials spoke to Politico on the condition of anonymity and said that a draft of the order…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Black Women Were Too Lazy to Find Work and 4 Other Myths of Welfare Reform

    Welfare reform is 20 years old. On Aug. 22, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, “ending welfare as we know it.” Strategically placed next to him for the photo was Lillie Harden, an African-American mother from Little Rock, Ark., who had spent two years on welfare but now had…

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    The Root Staff

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