Mimi Abramovitz, Author at Women's eNews

Romney Plays Gender-Race Card, Cites Welfare Law

By Mimi Abramovitz ● Uncategorized ● August 10, 2012

Romney attacks welfare policy around the same time that a prominent journalist links single motherhood to the nation’s glaring class divide. Mimi Abramovitz says this distracts from what really keeps single mothers and their children down and out.

‘Tis the Season for Candor About Gov’t Handouts

By Mimi Abramovitz ● Commentary ● December 25, 2009

More middle-class people are accepting federal cash supports and food stamps, prompting Mimi Abramovitz to remind us that middle-class and corporate benefits that aren’t usually described as public assistance also cost tax payers plenty.

Women Need to Know Their New Jobless Benefits

By Mimi Abramovitz ● Uncategorized ● March 24, 2009

The bad news is that so many people are losing their jobs. The good news, says Mimi Abramovitz, are three new rules about jobless benefits in the Obama stimulus package that are bound to help women and correct a major gender bias.

Wall Street Takes Welfare It Begrudges to Women

By Mimi Abramovitz ● Commentary ● September 24, 2008

The bailout of Wall Street is particularly galling for women on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, says Mimi Abramovitz. They’ve already spent the past 30 years steadily losing ground without anyone seeming to notice or care.

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Mimi Abramovitz's Latest Articles

Romney Plays Gender-Race Card, Cites Welfare Law

‘Tis the Season for Candor About Gov’t Handouts

Women Need to Know Their New Jobless Benefits

Wall Street Takes Welfare It Begrudges to Women