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Topic: Social welfare

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference at The Unity Council on May 10, 2021 in Oakland, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Calif.'s new safety net for the homeless

Angela Hart - KFF Health News
Medical Bill (Getty Images/everydayplus)

California expands health safety net

Bernard J. Wolfson - KFF Health News
Rear View Of Woman In Wheelchair Shopping For Food (Getty Images/Daisy-Daisy)

The impending intergenerational crisis

Sam Whitehead - KFF Health News
Stack Of Books On Table In Library (Getty Images/Rachan Panya/EyeEm)

Librarians confront a new workplace

Rachel Scheier - KFF Health News
Person's hands holding prison bars (Getty Images)

Cutting child poverty is tough on crime

Gwen Adshead
In this April 7, 2020 photo, voters observe social distancing guidelines as they wait in line to cast ballots in the presidential primary election in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

COVID exposes gaps in social safety net

Paul Shafer - The Conversation
Donald Trump (Getty Images/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Jewel Samad)

It's winter in America

Bob Hennelly
Plate with just crumbs (Getty Images)

The piecemeal welfare state

Keith A. Spencer
Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Libraries are becoming refuges

Bob Hennelly
(AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

How social insurance became "welfare"

Theodore R. Marmor - Niskanen Center
Breast cancer survivors walk on the field before an NFL game (AP/Seth Wenig)

The cost after breast cancer treatment

Ann Pietrangelo - Healthline
FILE -In this May 14, 2016 file picture, a huge poster reading “What would you do if your income were taken care of?” is pictured on the Plaine de Plainpalais square in Geneva, Switzerland. The poster hints at a national referendum on June 5, were Swiss voters will have to decide on the introduction of an unconditional basic income for all. ( Magali Girardin/Keystone via AP) (AP)

A no-brainer in economic hard times

Catherine L. Mah - The Conversation
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Evan Vucci/Don Ryan)

Radical Republicans punish poor people

Terry H. Schwadron
Daniel Maclise's portrait of Charles Dickens

America looks like a Dickens novel

Sarah Bilston - The Conversation
In this Nov. 13, 2014, photo, traffic moves north and south along North Montana Street in Butte, Mont. (AP Photo/Lido Vizzutti) (AP)

How Montana controlled health care costs

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
Demonstrators opposing the repeal of a tax on large companies such as Amazon and Starbucks in Seattle. (AP/Ted S. Warren)

The movement to tax the tech industry

Nicole Karlis
(AP)

Choosing between a job and a community

Alec MacGillis - ProPublica
(Shutterstock)

Thinking beyond Trump

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
(Shutterstock)

Preserving dynamism in a volatile world

Samuel Hammond - Niskanen Center
(AP)

Your sprained ankle could cost you

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
(AP/Erik Schelzig)

Beyond the "work requirements" sham

Amanda Marcotte
In this Nov. 24, 2014 photo, barista Jay Rapp prepares a Chestnut Praline Latte at a Starbucks store in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) (AP)

The U.S. needs national paid leave

Eileen Appelbaum
(Getty/LightFieldStudios)

An empty defense of Harvest Boxes

Jeremy Binckes
(<a href='url to photographer'>Lightspring</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Debunking poverty myths

Jay L. Zagorsky, Patricia Smith - The Conversation
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