Statement from New Orleans-based Women’s Health & Justice Initiative, July 2011 Since the beginning of the year, we have witnessed a surge of legislative attacks targeting poor communities through bills calling for mandatory drug testing as an eligibility requirement to receive federal aid under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF[1]) program in over two-dozen … Continue reading Stereotypes, Myths, & Criminalizing Policies: Regulating the Lives of Poor Women