I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.' When I was in the… — Angela Featherstone Copy Share Image
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My dad worked at a mechanical factory for 35 years. I grew up in Union City, NJ. My mother is a social… — Bobby Cannavale Copy Share Image
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The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in… — Laurance Labadie Copy Share Image
“I said to the social worker "Would you stop me from having a child of my own?" Of course, they wouldn't have… — Caroline Overington Copy Share Image
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“You said you survived, Anna, but you didn't. You triumphed. Everything about you is a testament to courage and strength." When she… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
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Give the money directly to people who work hard. Instead of taking the money from the business and then filtering it through… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
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I still have a suspicion of charity and think the state has a role to play in many areas. And although for… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
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“[Public housing projects] are not lacking in natural leaders,' [Ellen Lurie, a social worker in East Harlem] says. 'They contain people with… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
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...I remembered the rose bush that had reached a thorny branch out through the ragged fence, and caught my dress, detaining me… — Albion Fellows Bacon Copy Share Image
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