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September/October 2002

Issue 243

features

  • Slamming Shut Open Access

    ARTHUR STAMOULIS

    Internet users are ready to switch to high-speed broadband, but they may be getting a lot less than they bargained for.

  • Activists Take On Welfare Reform: Two Views

    WILLIE BAPTIST AND MARY BRICKER-JENKINS

    A New Era in the Struggle Against Poverty

    BETH BROCKLAND

    Reforming Welfare Reform

  • Good Times, Bad Times: Recession and the Welfare Debate

    HEATHER BOUSHEY

    Recession means tougher times for working families. The debate on welfare reform must face up to the new economic reality.

  • Dancing to a Different Samba

    MARIE KENNEDY AND CHRIS TILLY

    A visit to Brazil reveals lively movements hammering at inequality.

  • Under the Margins: Feminist Economists Look at Gender and Poverty

    RANDY ALBELDA

    Feminists say that recognizing unpaid work performed by women will go a long way toward explaining and addressing poverty.

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