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Topic: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

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New Trump rule curbs legal immigration

Shira Tarlo
President Bill Cllinton signs the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act into law, August 22, 1996. (Reuters/Stephen Jaffe)

Welfare as we know it now

Laura Hussey - The Conversation
(Graham Melling)

Our broken social safety net

Celisa Calacal - Alternet
Elizabeth Warren, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst/Joshua Roberts/AP/Charles Dharapak)

Doug Henwood's "stink bomb"

Elias Isquith
Paul Ryan (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Ryan's poverty sham widens

Simon Maloy
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Unconstitutional

Elias Isquith