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Moms on Welfare Face Obstacles to Higher Education

By Ellen Birkett Morris ● Arts & Culture ● September 25, 2000

Women’s advocates want to reform welfare-to-work, making post-secondary education a priority to help women get off welfare–for good. They say current laws and callous caseworkers discourage higher education while pressuring women into low-wage jobs.

Federal Courts Slicing Family Leave Law

By Ellen Birkett Morris ● Crime & Law ● August 3, 2000

Federal appeals courts have ruled that state workers are not covered by the Family and Medical Leave Act, leaving government employees in 10 states without its benefits. Next on the legal horizon: No federal protection for disabled state workers.