Scholastic Update articles from March 1994

Scholastic Update archives from March 1994

From hand to mouth. (poverty in America) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... In the richest nation on earth, millions of Americans are poor and struggling. Why? What will it take to eliminate poverty for good? Somewhere in this country tonight, people aren't getting enough to eat. They have no roof to keep out the...

The welfare debate. (welfare reform policies)(includes related article) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... Nearly everyone agrees that America's welfare system has failed to lift people out of poverty. But deciding how to fix the system is the focus of a bitter debate. Kim Williams, a teenager in Jersey City, New Jersey, lives at the swirling...

Life on welfare. (lives of black teenage women on welfare) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... Often stereotyped but rarely heard, black teenage welfare mothers talk to UPDATE about the prejudice and obstacle the face in the vicious cycle of poverty. Of all the people on welfare in this country, none is more stigmatized than the...

The fight for welfare rights. (history of anti-poverty programs) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... Many Americans think protection from dire poverty is a basic government obligation. In fact, antipoverty programs had to be fought for and won by poor people throughout U.S. history. In 1932, hundreds of ragged schoolchildren paraded...

The safety net. (welfare programs) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... Over the past 30 years, this nation has developed a vast network of programs designed to fight poverty. What are they, what do they do, and do they work? The welfare state. The social insurance system. The safety net. These are all...

Give me shelter. (problem of homelessness) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... As the ranks of the homeless have grown, so has public impatience with their plight. Instead of attacking the problem, is America attacking homeless people themselves? Late on the evening of November 28, 1993, Yetta Adams lay down to...

Hard-time heroes. (the ten best films on poverty in America) (Cover Story)
March 11, 1994... From The Grapes of Wrath to Boyz N the Hood, Hollywood movies have long focused on tales of American poverty. The results have often been powerful and eye-opening. Writers, painters, and poets have long viewed poverty as a rich subject...

Why we should care. (war in Bosnia Herzegovina) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... Like much of the world, America has largely ignored the sorrowful plight of the European nation of Bosnia. But the tragedy unfolding there deserves our attention and concern. The first images of the worst act of terror in the two-year-old...

The Bosnian nightmare. (civil war in Bosnia Herzegovina) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... For two years, the world stood by while a savage civil war transformed the European nation of Bosnia into a grim land of death and destruction. Now, there's a glimmer of hope for peace. For the past 22 months, the ancient city of Sarajevo...

Crimes without punishment? (human rights abuses in Bosnia Herzegovina) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... Unspeakable atrocities have been committed throughout Bosnia. Now the UN wants to put those accused of abuses on trial for war crimes. But will the criminals ever be brought to justice? After Serb soldiers burned her village to the ground...

Lots of talk, little action. (international negotiations on war in Bosnia Herzegovina) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... If the Bosnian war has been a test of international resolve, then to a large extent, world leaders have failed. Why? From the outset of the war in Bosnia in 1991, leaders of the United States, Europe, and the United Nations have decried the...

America's war? (United States involvement in war in Bosnia Herzegovina) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... A bloody massacre in Bosnia has triggered calls for American intervention to stop the war. But critics warn that U.S. involvement could lead to disaster. What do you think this country should do? The mortar shell that exploded in the center...

An ancient hatred. (Balkan history) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... In 1897, German statesman Otto von Bismarck said, "If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans." Seventeen years later, the outbreak of World War I proved him right. Bismarck's words...

When life goes to pieces. (war victims in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... Under siege for two years, the people of Bosnia's capital, Saravejo, have shown incredible resilience in the face of death. How have they managed to cope? As the Winter Olympics began in Lillehammer, Norway, last month, the athletes of the...

Children of war. (Bosnian children) (Cover Story)
March 25, 1994... Four teenage refugees from Bosnia talk to UPDATE about the hardships of life during wartime, and the experience of escaping to America. The war in the Balkans has caused grievous suffering for millions of people. Since the war began two...