EconomyBeat Podcast #15: Welfare Migration
April 28, 2010roman 2 Comments »
Paris Porter moved from the South Side of Chicago to St. Paul, Minnesota when he was 6. His family was part of a migration to the Twin Cities in the 1990s when the economy was creating more jobs than it had workers to fill them. Was Minnesota a welfare magnet in the 1990s or a jobs magnet for people who wanted to build better lives? This is just one of many questions that Porter explores in this fantastic piece from Minnesota Public Radio’s Youth Radio series. One of the (many) great moments in this piece is when Porter revisits some of the media coverage of the “welfare magnet” controversy that was stirred up around the time his family moved. Check it out.
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May 25th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Scrapbooking was one of my hobbies when i was in high school and college. it was quite fun.;’`
October 25th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
It’s so awesome when people have constructive things to do that they enjoy doing. Kids, adults, everyone, I enjoy listening to public radio and I applaud this effort.