welfare
The Story of How the Australian Government Screwed Its Most Vulnerable People
In 2016, the Australian government began automating welfare back payments. What happened next was an absolute disaster.
Trump Administration Wants Bosses to Snitch on People Scared to Go to Work
The Department of Labor quietly issued guidance on Monday telling states that rooting out unemployment fraud is a “top priority.”
Our Broken Unemployment System Is a National Scandal
Months into economic shutdown, millions of Americans still haven't received unemployment checks—a travesty that is the direct result of anti-welfare decisions that make the process as difficult as possible.
Speaking to the Families at the Centre of Britain's Hunger Crisis
“I can't adequately describe how soul-destroying it just to fall and fall and know that there is no chance that you're going to get out of it.”
Pauline Hanson Says Dole Recipients Should Get to Work Killing Cane Toads
Hanson's collect-a-toad campaign would see people on welfare being paid 10 cents for every specimen.
Congressman Appears to Forget that Food Actually Is a Basic Human Right
The UN sort of settled this question back in 1948, guys.
Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work in a Postindustrial Canadian City
In Hamilton, Ontario, a basic income pilot is improving individual lives—but bureaucratic pitfalls and tepid goals can limit its potential.
Basic Income Is Already Transforming Life and Work In a Postindustrial Canadian City
In Hamilton, Ontario, a basic income pilot is improving individual lives—but bureaucratic pitfalls and tepid goals can limit its potential.
Centrelink is Trying to Improve Its Customer Service
Human Services are hiring 1, 000 extra phone operators, so you can be on hold for one hour instead of three.
'Work for the Dole' Scheme Threatened to Cut 15,000 People off Centrelink
Essentially, the program made participants work for $12 an hour.
Tony Abbott Tried to Ban People Under 30 From Receiving Centrelink
New documents reveal the former Prime Minister wanted to ban all young people from welfare services back in 2014.