Food aid doesn’t make people loafers – research shows government benefits help low-income people find jobs
- Written by Claudia Strauss, Professor of Anthropology, Pitzer College
Millie Morales believes in hard work.
“I feel that as an American citizen, we all have a great opportunity to be able to improve our life,” the 58-year-old woman explained in an interview I conducted with her in 2025. “Are you willing to put in the work, or are you not?”
Morales, whose name I changed to protect her privacy,...







