<p><span style="font-weight: 400">In the 1950s, a rumor that people were moving to Newburgh, NY to live off welfare riled up the city. When city leaders essentially declare war on welfare — and the people who get it — things tumble out of control.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Plus, how national suspicions grew about people getting welfare right as more black people started gaining more access to welfare benefits.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Host Krissy Clark and producer Peter Balonon-Rosen go back in history to tell a surprising origin story of part of our welfare system — and take a magnifying glass to how our country determines who deserves help and who doesn’t.</span></p>
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