The Vanishing Safety Net: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) at 15 Years with Tim Casey, attorney, Legal Momentum and longtime welfare advocate
In August 1996, President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, replacing Aid to Families with Dependant Children with TANF as the national welfare program for needy Americans. Fifteen years later, the truth is that TANF has shredded the safety net. It has been a disaster for poor families, the majority of whom are headed by single mothers. Benefit receipt has fallen from three-fifths of poor children pre-reform to just one-fifth of poor children post-reform, and benefit amounts have plummeted. The shriveled safety net condemns millions of women and children to poverty so extreme that many are deprived sufficient food, housing, & utility services.As TANF turns 15,we'll look at the necessity to restore and extend adequate benefits and surmise what is likely to happen to the reauthorization of TANF which will be before the Congress this year.
******************* Domino's Pizza Delivers Slavery With A Smile With Pastor Robert Brashear, Sweatshop Free NY Carlos Rodriquez, Justice Will Be Served Vincent Cao, Justice Will Be Served
Domino's moguls giddily reap profits off the backs of workers, watching their corporate sales surge to $1.57 billion in 2010. Patrick Doyle, Pres. raked in $5.7 million in 2010 and Dave Melton, NYC franchise had $4 million in yearly sales. Meanwhile Domino's workers work up to 78 hours a week, but many are paid for only half of these hours at $4.40 an hour. Now that Domino workers are organizing Domino who refuses to comply with labor laws is retaliating against the workers. But, Justice Will Be Served!
Produced by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash
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