Poverty – Page 57 – People's World

In Florida, 98 percent pass state mandated drug test

September 6, 2011 By Joshua Leclair

As results for the first month of Gov. Rick Scott's "drug test the poor" law come in, only 2 percent test positive for illicit drug use. Conflict-of-interest questions also surfaced.

East Africa facing drought induced famine

September 1, 2011 By Brian McAfee

Expected rains have failed to arrive for successive seasons in and around Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, causing severe shortages of food and water for millions of people.

Michigan Republicans cut welfare and twist Bible

August 30, 2011 By John Rummel

Michigan's Republican dominated state Legislature passed a lifetime limit on welfare benefits expected to cast 11,000 families off the welfare rolls on Oct. 1 - including more than 29,700 children.

The Republicans must be defeated

August 26, 2011 By Jarvis Tyner

If the GOP regains all three branches of the government, the crisis of human suffering can and will become far more severe.

15 years after welfare “deform”

August 25, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Aided by a Republican Congress and bitterly divided Democratic Party, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.