Germany's centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Wednesday said it was ready to accept reforms to the welfare state but ...

The partners in Germany’s governing Christian Democrat-Social Democrat coalition have been sparring over the contents of a planned replacement of the Citizen’s Income social security benefit, with a ...

State of Failure. Our team of investigators is looking into all aspects of Arizona's DCS following the murders of three kids known to DCS.

Some people think poverty is what results when employers exploit workers on the bottom of the labor market. Other people think poverty is what results when individuals behave in dysfunctional ways.

Five Republicans running for governor took to the debate stage Tuesday evening to talk about some of the state’s most ...

Why should Connecticut's electricity grid be incorporated into the state's welfare system? Why are electricity users in the state who pay their own electric bills being charged extra to subsidize ...

A recent federal policy brief on North Carolina’s past child welfare reform efforts didn’t mince words: “Children in North Carolina suffer the consequences of an inadequate child welfare system.” But ...

The foster care system in the Mountain State has been a topic of discussion over the past few weeks with the West Virginia Department of Human Services. The W.Va. DoHS hosted its first Child Welfare ...