The politicians want welfare moms to pull themselves out of dependency. But in the fall of 1995, with Congress crafting an end to the nation’s guaranteed welfare benefits, Philadelphia activist Cheri Honkala and an organized band of homeless mothers took a more creative approach to “self-help” than the politicians ever had in mind.
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