By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Kristina Smith lost her job in the printing industry and has been waiting for nearly two months to hear back from the state […]
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For Us the Working: Why Unemployment Insurance is the New Frontier of Welfare Reform
By LaKeshia N. Myers I don’t particularly care for the term “welfare.” While promoting the general welfare of citizens is one of three guiding principles of the United States according to the preamble of the Constitution, the word has garnered a nefarious connotation in American lexicon. The United States Department of Health and Human Services […]