Neil deMause, Author at City Limits : Page 8 of 8

Looking For A Safety Net And Finding 'Initiatives'

Two new reports on the city’s poor offer divergent views: one of unceasing need, the other of small-scale innovation.

While the nation’s economic crisis deepens, city welfare programs are reaching the fewest residents in decades.

In his new book, activist Joel Berg says everyone can have enough to eat.

At the first hearing on the city’s much-touted group of programs, the administration’s message was: Ask again later.

Proposed city legislation aims to clear the path to clinics that provide abortions.

Advocates insist education is one of the surest routes off welfare. New federal rules could finally make it easier for recipients to hit the books.

The ranks of officially poor New Yorkers grew by 4 percent overnight. It’ll be a while before public antipoverty efforts adjust.

Buried in Bush’s welfare reform plan is a clause that would let states cripple social programs.