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Strengthening Community
A Brookings Institution Press and National Academy for Social Insurance publication This new volume from the National Academy of Social Insurance raises a provocative question that goes to the heart of discussion about social insurance and diversity—to what extent must social insurance programs address historical, social, and economic inequities? The contributors explore issues of equity and diversity in social insurance programs in America today. Some argue that differences in the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities have contributed to contemporary "gaps" that span an array of socioeconomic indicators, including education, wealth, life expectancy, and health status. These indicators...
Love Connection
Mae Warner was a special person. She ruled with an iron hand when her daughters, Glenna and Jamie, were in their formative years. She possessed a bright smile and had a lovely sense of humor. She was beautiful with flaming auburn hair and a regal face. She had prominent cheekbones and full lips that she painted with red lip gloss. Mae knew her auburn hair didn’t call for red lipstick, but she wore it anyway. Her figure, at five feet two, was lush and curvaceous. Men of all ages stared at her like there was no one else in the room. Jamie was ten years younger than Glenna and resembled her mother with the same auburn hair and snapping brown eyes. Glenna took after her deceased father and was a platinum blonde with blue eyes. Their friend, Cheryl, lived down the road from them, and the two vied for her attention. Even though Cheryl was seventeen years old, the same age as Glenna, she was seventeen going on twenty-six, and Mae Warner wasn’t sure she was a good influence on her daughters. Cheryl’s family lived in a sprawling colonial-style home and was one of the richest families in town. Her father owned a paper mill, and most of the people in Plainfield worked for him.
R Is for Reading Books
R is for Reading Books is an ABC picture book to teach children how to read by familiarizing them with the letters of the alphabet corresponding with names of favorite children's books. R is for Reading Books' gorgeous pictures entertain children delightfully with mesmerizing beauty depicting favorite children's books. R is for Reading Books is a different kind of ABC book because this beautiful ABC Picture Book teaches the secrets of reading hiding within the ABC's. It opens children's eyes to unlock the secret reading mystery so they can read their very best! R is for Reading Books in its depiction of children's favorite book titles, old and new, accomplishes this task by exemplifying with...
Just Don't Get Sick
The ability to obtain health care is fundamental to the security, stability, and well-being of poor families. Government-sponsored programs provide temporary support, but as families leave welfare for work, they find themselves without access to coverage or care. The low-wage jobs that individuals in transition are typically able to secure provide few benefits yet often disqualify employees from receiving federal aid. Drawing upon statistical data and in-depth interviews with over five hundred families in Oregon, Karen Seccombe and Kim Hoffman assess the ways in which welfare reform affects the well-being of adults and children who leave the program for work. We hear of asthmatic children whose uninsured but working mothers cannot obtain the preventive medicines to keep them well, and stories of pregnant women receiving little or no prenatal care who end up in emergency rooms with life-threatening conditions. Representative of poor communities nationwide, the vivid stories recounted here illuminate the critical relationship between health insurance coverage and the ability to transition from welfare to work.
The American Economy
This groundbreaking principles of economics text is devoted to explaining basic economics with an issues and policy focus to undergraduates in survey and other introductory economics courses. It offers the optimal blend of theory, issues, and policy analysis, and covers micro-, macro, and international aspects of America's economy.
Making America Work
Work. Hard work! And plenty of it. That is what has made the United States into the world's foremost economic superpower. But while we Americans value and respect work, we are also concerned about economic justice. We like to see all workers earn a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. And we like having a safety net to catch those who cannot compete successfully in our labor markets. America works because of this balance between the desire to reward work and our concerns about economic justice. But according to Jon Forman, America could work even better. In Making America Work, Forman explains how current government policies influence work and work behavior and makes the case for changing government tax, welfare, Social Security, pension, and labor market policies to encourage work and promote greater economic justice. It is a clear, provocative declaration of principles and a bold prescription for policies that restore and preserve the balance of work rewards and economic justice.
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Parenting Out of Control
They go by many names: helicopter parents, hovercrafts, PFHs (Parents from Hell). Drawing on a wealth of eye-opening interviews with parents across the country, Margaret K. Nelson cuts through the stereotypes and hyperbole to examine the realities of what she terms parenting out of control. Situating this phenomenon within a broad sociological context, she finds several striking explanations for why today's prosperous and well-educated parents are unable to set realistic boundaries when it comes to raising their children. Analyzing the goals and aspirations parents have for their children as well as the strategies and technologies they use to reach them, Nelson discovers fundamental differences among American parenting styles that expose class fault lines, both within the elite and between the elite and the middle and working classes. Today's parents are faced with unprecedented opportunities and dangers for their children, and are evolving novel strategies to adapt to these changes -- this lucid and insightful work provides an authoritative examination of what happens when these new strategies go too far
Sister Days
Stories from the Amazing journey of African American Women "Whether read as history or practical inspiration, the stories of bravery, intelligence, and fortitude revealed . . . give a unique road map to rediscovering sister power."-The New American "A collection of . . . moving stories that celebrate the lives of black women who have overcome the many obstacles in their paths to pursue their dreams."-African Sun Times Now in paperback, Sister Days offers you a daily invitation to share in the life-affirming legacy of African American women. Here are 365 uplifting meditations on courage, daring, and resistance that bring us valuable reminders of how real women in real times-from Harriet Tubman to aviator Bessie Coleman to Wild West legend "Stagecoach Mary" to world-renowned writer Maya Angelou-created a better way of life for themselves and a better world for others. In reading their stories, we ensure that these women live on-as shining beacons to light our own quests for happier, more fulfilled lives.
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