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I feel dignified in my be jo, and people who clean peoples behinds in the nursing home, clean up their vomit feel dignity, too, and they ought to be paid a decent wage for this dignified work and not be told that they should take any old kind of job, not enough money as reverend jackson would say to afford health care for themselves if they were to get sick. not be able to feed their children. you know, it costs money to go to work. you have to have your hair done. you have to have a shave and a...

But some Black farmers and activists are skeptical the new equity commission will do enough to address the longstanding discrimination.

Across the country, Wyoming provides certain kinds of welfare benefits to a small portion of those that could benefit from them.

Across the country, Wyoming provides certain kinds of welfare benefits to a small portion of those that could benefit from them.

Be able to be paid a decent wage for this dignified work and not be told that they should just take any old kind of job, not enough money to be able, as reverend jackson would say, to afford healthcare for themselves if they were to get sick. not be able to feed their children. you know, it costs money to go to work. you have to have your hair done. you have to have a shave and a haircut. you know, it costs $2 to get a starbucks on your way to work. and to say that the dignity of work is simply ...

Block increasing the minimum wage? >> its bad economics, andrew. >> we dont want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people to lives of dependency and complacency. >> teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a life. dont simply feed fish. >> i mean, do these kinds of comments inspire confidence, sister simone? >> well, not for me, reverend. but i think what really needs to be pointed out is that our pope francis, paul ryan and i share the same faith. and pope fra...

Answers. senator orrin hatch, one of todays first witnesses, wants it answered too. he told the committee he wrote the white house to ask the very question last year and has not yet received an answer. the work requirement has been part of welfare reform since reform was firsted passed by the republican controlled congress during the clinton administration. the reason for it was to end the cycle of dependency that left generations of families dependent on welfare and encouraged single women to h...