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Philanthropy
Q&A with Welfare Reformer Jason Turner (Part 1 of 2)
Twenty-five years after enactment of state and federal work-based welfare reform, the executive director of the Secretaries’ Innovation Group covers the circumstances surrounding the reforms’ passage and the positive effects…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 6, 2021

Philanthropy
Q&A with Welfare Reformer Jason Turner (Part 2 of 2)
Twenty-five years after enactment of state and federal work-based welfare reform, the executive director of the Secretaries’ Innovation Group (SIG) addresses philanthropy and welfare reform, SIG, and application of the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on December 6, 2021

Featured Items
Featured Video: The Great Society and War on Poverty’s Failure
In May 1964, President Lyndon Johnson laid out his plan to build “The Great Society,” assembling “the best thought and broadest knowledge from all over the world” to totally eliminate…
by CRC Staff on September 21, 2020

Charity and Welfare
Who Is Russell Hirshon?
On my walk to work from the Dupont Circle metro station this morning, I saw this sign: All I could think was, "Who is this guy, and why is he…
by Melodie Bowler on September 12, 2016

Charity and Welfare
A moving challenge to current foreign welfare: Poverty, Inc.
A moving challenge to current foreign welfare: Poverty, Inc. By Martin Morse Wooster Senior Fellow, Capital Research Center (originally posted at Philanthropy Daily) A decade ago “60 Minutes” ran…
by CRC Staff on April 16, 2016