In Julia Haslanger’s otherwise very interesting, very well written article, “Circles Help People Looking to Get Out of Poverty” (July 14), there is an inaccuracy in the statement; “The first class of Circles was funded in part by a federal grant to help people who were sanctioned recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, formerly known as welfare.”
‘Welfare’ is a misused term
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 4:10 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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