The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Affordable Housing Shortage at Crisis Stage By Staff Vol. 11, No. 4, 1989, p. 23 A growing lack of affordable housing has reached a crisis stage for blacks and Hispanics, as well as for low income Americans in general, according
Health and the Poverty Line By Allen Tullos Vol. 14, No. 4, 1992, pp. 1-3 “The curse of poverty,” wrote Martin King in 1967, “has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice
Raveled Care By Allen Tullos Vol. 15, No. 2, 1993, pp. 1-4 If modern American presidents are known by the companies that keep them, this summer we are witnessing a shift from the era of military-industrial presidencies to those in
Texas: Fundamentally Flawed By Patrick Bresette Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 2-3 The powerful impetus in Congress to reform this nation’s welfare programs has rapidly degenerated into little more than an ideological contest, but one likely to yield disastrous
Arkansas: Flexibility for Failure By Richard Huddleston Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 3-5 Courtesy of the Republican-controlled Congress, welfare reform block grants will soon be coming to Arkansas and other states. States will have unprecedented flexibility to set eligibility
Virginia: Stinginess Amid Wealth By Steven L. Myers Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 pp. 5-6 Despite its relative wealth, Virginia spends far less to assist its poor citizens, most of whom are children, than most other states. During the 1980s,
Georgia: Scapegoats and Resentments By Marti Keller and Lane Goldberg Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 p. 6 The rhetoric surrounding the current debate over welfare reform plays on the growing insecurity in the U.S. today, appeals to our desire to
Work First, People Last By Preston Quesenberry Vol. 18, No. 1, 1996 p. 7 In the name of “independence,” and “responsibility,” states around the nation have been implementing “Work First” programs designed to force welfare recipients into the workforce. While
Globalization Drives Persistent Inequality The Climate for Workers in the U.S. 1997 By Preston Quesenberry Vol. 19, No. 3-4, 1997 pp. 3-20 As we go to press with our fourth edition of the Southern Regional Council’s Climate for Workers survey,
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One in Three Poor Children in America Lives in the South Children’s Defense Fund Vol. 20, No. 2, 1998 pp. 5-9 Memphis, Tennessee – Despite a booming national economy and budget surpluses in fifteen Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
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