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The Uncertain Hour

The $80 Million Acre (from “How We Survive”)

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Chapter 6: The Welfare to Temp Work Pipeline

Since the 1990s, most cash welfare recipients have been required to get a job or do mandated...

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Chapter 5: Profits and Perverse Incentives

Antoine Dukes is a natural born salesman. And when he started working for a for-profit welfare...

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Chapter 4: The Battle of Newburgh

In 1961, city officials in Newburgh, New York, declared war on their poorest residents by...

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Chapter 3: Race and rumor

In the 1950s, a rumor that people were moving to Newburgh, NY to live off welfare riled up the...

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Chapter 2: The compliance machine

A single mother of two in Chicago was working and taking classes to become an addiction counselor...

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Chapter 1: The dream

When a struggling mother of two in Milwaukee hits hard times, she turns to a local welfare office...

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Season 6: The Welfare-to-Work Industrial Complex

There is a growing chorus of politicians who argue that there’s a simple solution to help all...

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25 years after welfare reform, let’s revisit “the magic bureaucrat”

It’s been 25 years since our country upended its welfare system – and so we’re looking back at...

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25 years after welfare reform, let’s revisit “the magic bureaucrat”

It’s been 25 years since our country upended its welfare system – and so we’re looking back at...

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25 years after welfare reform, let’s revisit “the magic bureaucrat”

It’s been 25 years since our country upended its welfare system – and so we’re looking back at...

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My boss is an app

The gig-app workforce has arrived at our doorstep. But Silicon Valley’s innovations in hiring are...

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My boss is an app

The gig-app workforce has arrived at our doorstep. But Silicon Valley’s innovations in hiring are...

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My boss is an app

The gig-app workforce has arrived at our doorstep. But Silicon Valley’s innovations in hiring are...

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Inside baseball

In minor league baseball, professional athletes train, suit up and play for wages that would be...

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Inside baseball

In minor league baseball, professional athletes train, suit up and play for wages that would be...

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Inside baseball

In minor league baseball, professional athletes train, suit up and play for wages that would be...

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Big Boss, Little Boss

After Jimmy Nicks’ job was subcontracted, he took both companies to court — the subcontractor he...

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Big Boss, Little Boss

After Jimmy Nicks’ job was subcontracted, he took both companies to court — the subcontractor he...

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Big Boss, Little Boss

After Jimmy Nicks’ job was subcontracted, he took both companies to court — the subcontractor he...

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