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What Really Happened to Welfare

Peter Edelman and Barbara Ehrenreich
April 15, 2010   |    This article appeared in the April 12, 2010 edition of The Nation.
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 If there was ever a time for a serious "conspiracy" on behalf of the poor, this is it.

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Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich is the author, most recently, of Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has...
Peter Edelman
 Peter Edelman is a professor of law at Georgetown Law Center and chair of the District of Columbia Access to...

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Peter Edelman and Barbara Ehrenreich
April 15, 2010   |    This article appeared in the April 12, 2010 edition of The Nation.
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