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August 1, 1997, Vol. 4, No. 13
Cover Photo taken at April 15, 1995 Tax Day Demonstration by Ron Campbell
Headlines:
Special Children’s Issue
We Love Kids, Yes We Do. We love Kids, How ‘bout You?
Table of Contents:
Vendor of the Month: Maurice Swift, Tacoma Page 3
Editorial: WA State of Denial: Children of Working Poor Suffer as Social Services Shrink by Paola Maranan, Page 5 21
Workfirst, Kids Last: Proposed Childcare Provisions Find Little Support by Jean Rowlands-Tarbox, Page 6, 7 25
Hitting the Wall: Underfunded Survival Service Agencies Face the Future by Timothy Harris, Page 8, 9, 25
A School Bus Stops Here: Homeless Children Benefit from Special School Programs by Heather Ayres, Page 10, 11, 16
Photo: The Faces of First Grade
Children at Work: Washington State’s Legacy of Child Labor Abuse and Reform by Wendy Bliss, Page 12, 13
The Giving Walk: Hilltop Four-Year Olds Visit Local Homeless Organizations by Anitra Freeman, Page 14, 15, 21
Bruce Tallies the children’s donations of art supplies as the children watch proudly.
Photo by Larry Chen
Picture: Above, Miguel, a ceramics artist at the Streetlfe Gallery shares his work with the visiting children.
Photo by Joseph Fitzgerald
Three Days at First Place…written by the Students, Page 16
Comic: Creepy Joe by Lin Lucas, Page 17
New on the Net: News & Blues from Handsnet, Page 18, 19
- GOP Poll: Tax Plans Favor Wealthy
- NAFTA Created Deficit in Jobs, Trade
- Rural Poor Fear Falling Through the Cracks
- US Labor Force Growing at 2x Normal Rate
- Study: US Wastes Vast Amounts of Food
Obituaries: Three Lives that Lit Up the World, Page 20, 21
- Charles “Charlie” Davlin. b. 9 July 1940 – d. 17 May 1997
- Patrick “Pat” Clabby b. 2 October 1936 – d. Spring 1997
- Julius Flowers b. 9 July 1934 – d. Spring 1997
Poetry, Pages 22, 23 and 24
- The Train by Elizabeth Romero
- The Best of Everything by Unknown
- Monday by Unknown
- Lost Souls by Darcie Day
- Bearing Witness by Earle Thompson
- We Masses Don’t Want Tofu by Ruth A. Fox
- Empty Currents by Melanie Webb
- Untitled by Unknown
Calendar, Page 26, 27
Citizen’s Participation Project: Page 28
Bouncing Babies: Children May be Penalized for Parents’ Actions
Advocating Organizations: The Children’s Alliance, WA Welfare Reform Coalition; special thanks to George Manalo-LeClair.