| Decline in Welfare Kwestie1 #11098 Kozol (2006), Welfare benefits to families have declined 35 percent since 1970, according to the New York Times. |
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Citerend uit: Kozol, Jonathan
Publication info: 2006
Geciteerd door: James Prendergast 7:08 PM 29 January 2009 GMT
Citerank: (4) 11099Sacrificing Nutrition for a HomeAccording to Annie Harrington's testimony in Kozol's book, Ms. Harrington wishes to make up the difference to her rent allowance by eating less. "I'll make it up out of my food allowance. Not for the children, but for ourselves."8FFB597, 11100Not All Homeless Are UneducatedAccording to Kozol, the character Kim was educated and articulate, and she was often interviewed by visiting researchers. Kim was a preschool teacher and living in a buliding that she was working to restore. She was working to provide for her children.8FFB597, 11103Health InsuranceKozol (2006), In 1985, according to the New England Journal of Medicine, 35 million Americans had no health insurance. 8FFB597, 11110Emotional Trama Causing Physical StressKozol (48), "People in shelters feel that they are choking. The physical sense of being trapped, compacted, and concealed-but, even more, the vivid recognition that they are the objects of society's avoidance or contempt- creates a panic that they can't get air enough into their lungs."1198CE71
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