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NorthJersey.com Yessenia Moreno has worried every day for nearly a year about how she will pay for her rent, the groceries and other bills while her savings diminished and her debts grew.   Moreno , a single mother of five, contracted COVID-19 last year and then lost her job at a Margate restaurant after it closed temporarily due to statewide shutdowns.  The Mexican immigrant does not qualify for unemployment benefits or other safety net programs because she is living in the country illegally.  But Moreno and her children could soon get a lifeline in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus rel...

WASHINGTON — A quarter-century ago, a Democratic president celebrated “the end of welfare as we know it,” challenging the poor to exercise “independence” and espousing balanced budgets and smaller government. The Democratic Party capped a march in the opposite direction this week.

Whether the new law is a one-off culmination of those forces or a down payment on even more ambitious efforts to address the nation’s challenges of poverty and opportunity will be a defining battle for Democrats in the Biden era.

Two Decades After the ‘End of Welfare,’ Democrats Are Changing Direction The pandemic and a set of other economic and social forces changed the calculation for Democrats when it comes to government aid. The question now is how long the moment will last. A tent encampment in Phoenix last week. Rising inequality and stagnant incomes over much of the past two decades left a growing share of working Americans concerned about making ends meet.Credit...Juan Arredondo for The New York Times Published March 13, 2021Updated March 16, 2021 WASHINGTON — A quarter-century ago, a Democratic...

Moreno , a single mother of five, contracted COVID-19 last year and then lost her job at a Margate restaurant after it closed temporarily due to statewide shutdowns.  The Mexican immigrant does not qualify for unemployment benefits or other safety net programs because she is living in the country illegally.  But Moreno and her children could soon get a lifeline in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday. Stimulus checks are expected to be mailed in the coming weeks.  As part of the package, ...