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There have been myths and tropes about welfare since it was created. We often hear critics say that welfare discourages people from working — but are these claims really true? This debate often plays ...

An Arlington firefighter was seriously injured Friday, March 22, 2024, when he was shot while responding to an apartment where children could be heard crying and asking for their mother to wake up.

A common mindset through modern American history is that people living in poverty simply don’t want to work.¹ For decades, politicians have used programs like food stamps, unemployment, social ...

Fox News commentator and political analyst Gianno Caldwell will testify Tuesday at the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Work and Welfare field hearing, “The Dignity of Work: Lifting ...

Welfare’s been a hot-button issue for decades. Now, under the Trump administration, the conversation is heating up again, this time with renewed claims that the system is being abused, especially by ...

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Western Michigan University is now offering a pathway for students interested in becoming child welfare professionals to learn more about child welfare-related work. Graduate students currently ...