Opponents of stricter work requirements for people on public assistance lost their biggest hope in Washington a couple of weeks ago when Senator Hillary Clinton endorsed a bill that, like President Bush’s proposal, calls for longer work weeks for welfare recipients.
The Rent Guidelines Board gained a tenant advocate last week when Mayor Bloomberg appointed Legal Aid attorney Adriene Holder, while the city’s settlement houses are slated to lose their longtime leader this summer.
From broken smoke alarms to mold, problems have persisted for years at a federally-subsidized building in West Harlem. How serious those problems are, however, depends on which government agency you ask.
Does the country’s leading anti-poverty program-the Earned Income Tax Credit-actually help keep wages low?
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A South Asian community development corporation redefines “community.”
The American City: What Works, What Doesn’t, By Alexander Garvin.
The city will lose its rep as the world’s best if it doesn’t work hard to attract the job-creating entrepreneurs of the future.
Her boyfriend beat her so badly she had to be hospitalized. Then the city took her kids because of it. Meet the mom who’s turning a legal fight into a source of inspiration for other two-time victims.
The nation’s school testing frenzy is failing qualified minority teachers, with little proof that high scores on certification exams have anything to do with good teaching.
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