Policy Archive
Dr. Lawrence M. Berger is the 12th director of the venerable Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a professor and chair of the Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social …
After losing the House in 2010 and now the Senate four years later, Democrats seem bereft of ideas about how to reconnect with the electorate. Democrats seem to have a grip on the White House and Hillary Clinton appears to …
As a social worker on the Hill I have had a front row seat during battles over the welfare state. Usually the main combatants are Republican conservatives who continue their relentless quest to reduce government’s involvement in providing for indigent …
All eyes are on Republicans gaining control of the Senate and affirming their commitment to repealing the Affordable Care law. However, the decision by four Supreme Court justices to hear arguments in King v. Burwell challenging premium subsidies on healthcare …
Should Republicans take control of the United States Senate there will be many political pundits faulting Democrats for their inability to get black voters to go the polls. Why won’t black voters go to the polls in large numbers? Well, …
In the recent wake of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps, legislators have proposed a new policy to increase food security among those most affected by limited access to adequate nutrition.
The number of children living in extreme poverty—on $2.00 or less per person per day in a household—grew significantly from 1996 until 2011. In 2011, 3.55 million children in 1.65 million households were living in extreme poverty in a given …
If the political prognosticators are correct, the American people are poised to hand over the United States Senate to Republicans on November 4. That is, the American people who will bother to go to the polls and cast their vote. …
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and continuous efforts by various states to limit the voting power of progressive constituents demand that social workers be more politically active. Nancy A. Humphreys has led the effort to educate social workers about the …
I will go out on the limb here and say more talk about racism will do little to change the plight of the good citizens of Ferguson or the poor and middle class in this country in the near term. …
