Health and Welfare

  • Mar 01, 1989

    When to Worry About Generics

    To cut costs, many private insurers, HMOs and government health programs now require or encourage substitution of generic drugs for more expensive brand-name prescriptions. Most of the time, this makes sense.

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  • Mar 01, 1989

    The Golden Cage/La Jaula de Oro: A Story of California's Farmworkers

    The songs of California's farmworkers used to be sung by Woodie Guthrie. Today they are sung by Mexicans. Whether in English or Spanish, the songs are still about crossing borders into the 'promised land' and doing some of the hardest work in the country for some of the lowest pay.

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  • Jan 01, 1989

    Multiple Exposures: Chronicles of the Radiation Age

    CIR staff writer David Kaplan provided assistance for this history of ionizing radiation and its long-term effects.

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  • Jan 01, 1989

    Workfare Vs. Welfare

    In the 1980s, legislature across the country adopted involuntary welfare to work programs, viewing them as an optimal solution to the dual problem of dependency and unemployment. But reporter Laurie Udesky discusses that evidence from such programs in California and elsewhere now suggests a distinctly different reality. This CIR story was reprinted in HW Wilson: New York, 1989.

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  • Jan 01, 1989

    The Welfare Debate

    In the 1980s, legislatures across the country adopted involuntary welfare to work programs, viewing them as an optimal solution to the dual problem of dependency and unemployment. But Reporter Laurie Udesky reports that evidence from such programs in California and elsewhere now suggests a distinctly different reality. This CIR story was reprinted in Gem Productions: Hudson (Wis.), 1989.

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  • Nov 23, 1988

    Workfare Isn't Working

    When California enacted the Greater Avenues to Independence (GAIN) program, state lawmakers approved strict requirements to put welfare recipients to work. But reporter Laurie Udesky reveals that they neglected adequate funding for services such as childcare and health benefits, which San Francisco and other counties need to keep the program from becoming a disaster.

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  • Nov 11, 1988

    GAIN Doesn't Work

    This report reveals that, despite the well-documented shortcomings of state workfare programs, legislation recently passed by Congress calls for nationwide expansion of the programs and inclusion of single parents with younger than school age children.

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  • Nov 01, 1988

    A Question of Health

    Schools are not the only public structures where asbestos may pose a threat to life. For example, fitness enthusiasts at a Los Altos (CA) health club exercise at their own risk, since the club has been shown to be a source of friable asbestos.

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  • Oct 30, 1988

    Mothers Behind Bars

    Each year, an estimated 5,000 women spend their pregnancies behind bars in U.S. prisons and jails. Packed into routinely overcrowded, understaffed and ill-equipped facilities, pregnant inmates are often denied essential pre-natal and emergency care -- despite the Constitutional requirement that prisons and jails provide 'adequate' medical care for all prisoners.

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  • Oct 06, 1988

    Dangerous Arts and Crafts (What's in a Warning Label?)

    For nearly half a century, special labels on children's art supplies have reassured parents and teachers about the safety of such materials. But reporter Sarah Hnrey reveals that these 'nontoxic' labels -- awarded by the non-profit Art and Craft Materials Institute -- may be dangerously misleading, according to findings by the California Department of Health Services.

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