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Proposed Welfare Drug Testing Bill Tells Poor to Sign Away Rights

By Seth Freed Wessler
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Texas Governor Wants Welfare, Unemployment Applicants To Pee In A Cup

By Seth Freed Wessler
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Romney Enlists Gingrich on Welfare-Bashing Kick

By Seth Freed Wessler
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Georgia's Political Cudgel Against the Poor: Drug Testing

By Seth Freed Wessler
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Why Tea Party Lawmakers Are Trying to Conflate Poverty and Drug Addiction

By Seth Freed Wessler
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Welfare Reform Turns 15, But Here's Why No One's Celebrating

By Julianne Hing
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