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It takes TEEM work

Cover Story | More than legal hurdles make welfare-to-work difficult

Suing the Good Samaritan

Cover Story | After all the high-minded and bipartisan talk heard during the April 27-29 Presidents' Summit for America's Future, it's time to think about some of the practical barriers that still stand in the way of moving welfare recipients into the workforce. Whether it's federal labor law, liability law, or civil-rights statutes, legal red tape puts corporate Good Samaritans in the crossfire. Welfare to work? Not if employers must always first stop in court.

In this issue: "Welfare Reform on Trial," May 3, 1997

Features

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Burma's rain of terror

International |  Testimony on Burmese persecution of Christian minorities pushes the White House to act; a separate court ruling may make American multinational company liable…

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Going the gay way, eh?

National |  Homosexual activists make big inroads in Canada's schools

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The motives police

National |  What if Mr. Dole's loan was simply an act of courtesy?

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Adult films, kids' jerseys

National |  Little-league parents in a big-league battle over porn flicks

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This Week

The smoking gun For the past month and a half, WORLD has been trying to get a straight answer to a simple question: Are Zondervan Publishing House and the…

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Real real estate

Books |  Secure property rights are at the heart of liberty

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Dark side of the force

Movies |  Joseph Campbell, Star Wars, and Hollywood's new religion

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Culture Notes

Culture |  The limits of hype When radio sleaze-jock Howard Stern made a movie about his life, print and broadcast journalists hyped it big-time. The R-rated Private…

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Mailbag

No problems solved Your April 12 article on the IRS seemed rather taxing. There are reasons that such a complex system has survived and flourished. If you…

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Still countercultural

A former feminist looks at the rewards of motherhood

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Farewell to freelancers

After playing the game this long, is there really no rule book?

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Spooked by the zeitgeist

Don't give in to feminist pressure to rewrite the Scriptures

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