Many states are upset with Uncle Sam these days. Seems they don't like being pushed to achieve reasonable goals. Starting Oct. 1, the federal government will demand that states meet new standards for ...

On July 12, the Obama Administration released a policy directive from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rewriting the successful welfare reform law of 1996. The 1996 reform ...

Clarke Chambers, a University of Minnesota history professor for 40 years, was nationally known for documenting aspects of U.S. history often overlooked — the history of women, the poor, immigrants ...

Welfare is a common label for government-funded programs for American individuals and families with low incomes.

Histories of the welfare state usually begin around 1945. The 1940 - 50 period does mark a particular point in the history of welfare in Britain. But to begin the story here distorts the record. It ...

The exhibit compares two approaches to child welfare that were practiced in Westborough at different points in history. During the colonial period and the early years of the U.S., children who became ...

Times are hard. Economic growth is stagnant. The bill for public services is soaring and will only get higher, consuming more of a diminishing national income. And the government is an uneasy ...