Holds that federal budget cuts in social services will increase the problems of children and other disadvantaged groups and, in the case of cuts in education, health and other preventive services will actually result in greater costs for the future. (GC)

Shows how inequities in energy costs, whereby businesses pay relatively little, and poor, residential customers pay high prices, help to perpetuate social and economic stratification in the South. Links the struggle for Black political liberation to the struggle for equitable energy prices. (GC)

Discusses the messages that appeared in the 12 volumes about the Pepper family that enjoyed tremendous success at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. (MKM)

Although many individuals living in poverty are referred for family counseling services via schools, court systems, and social service agencies, theories have failed to provide an adequate framework for treatment. This article addresses the common principles of the multisystems approach and feminist family therapies and how they can be applied in…

Recent census data analysis suggests economic inequality greatest among elderly. Worst off 20 percent of elderly (disproportionately unmarried women, minorities, physically impaired) received 5.5 percent elderly's total resources; best off 20 percent received 46 percent. Equalizing effects of Social Security outweighed by private pensions, asset…

Examined data from state of North Carolina to test assumption that inordinately high Black teenage pregnancy rate accounts for difference between Black and White infant mortality rates. Results suggest that poverty, not race, plays crucial role in infant mortality. (Author/NB)

Notes that U.S. children are more mobile than children in other Western countries and Japan. Explores explanations of this "excess" mobility, concluding that most likely explanation is greater family disruption and childhood poverty in U.S. Identifies average number of moves for children at successive ages and models association of selected…

Despite having higher poverty rates, higher unemployment, and lower educational attainment, rural counties have lower welfare participation rates than urban counties. Analysis of all U.S. counties indicates that population density is a major factor linking to high welfare participation. Contains 30 references. (SV)

Introduces articles in special issue on families, poverty, and public policy. Provides context for considering results reported in articles by noting recent public policy, demographic, and socioeconomic trends that will influence poor families in the future. Briefly reviews and compares articles and discusses research agenda related to the…

Argues that a children's allowance could be instituted in this country that would decrease poverty and welfare participation while not costing the federal government any additional resources. Discusses microsimulation model that shows effects of three levels of children's allowances on government revenues, family incomes, welfare use, and labor…

Analyzed durability of child-care arrangements, using data from 1983-84 longitudinal survey of welfare mothers conducted in three cities. Findings indicated that family day care arrangements were least durable; however, care in a center was not more durable than care provided by a child's relatives. Only convenience, with respect to location and…

Provides annotated glossary that identifies some language harmful to women, minorities, and the poor; reveals latent meanings; and recommends alternative words when possible. Highlights ideological power of language; demonstrates how current discourse contributes to punitive policies and oppressive conditions; and contributes to end of doublespeak…

Contends that it is imperative to end hunger in the United States and to go beyond a national perspective, taking a global perspective to fight hunger elsewhere in the world. Sees America's first response to hunger being charity and considers charity and justice. Discusses efforts of Campaign to End Childhood Hunger and Maine Coalition for Food…

Reflects on the impoverished conditions in which many children live, through a discussion of Dickens'"A Christmas Carol" and Dewey's vision for education. Insists on the need for a more caring spirit to eradicate ignorance and address the plight of these children. (SK)

The race-based neighborhood projection hypothesis holds that in choosing neighborhoods, people care less about present racial composition then expectations for future neighborhood conditions. Using data linking households to their neighborhoods, the paper estimates exit and entry models and constructs a simulation model that predicts racial change…