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Buffalo’s Labor, Loyalty, & Freedom: Keyishian Revisited
Ryan Harrington — Nov 9, 2026
This policy brief is from the Buffalo Commons Student Perspectives Series. Americans feared a global communist takeover in the aftermath of World War II. New York State forbade mere association with the Communist Party for all state employees, including public school teachers. These statutes, called the Feinberg Laws, provoked outrage among academics. Five faculty members at the University at Buffalo (UB) resisted, even though it jeopardized their jobs. Those five men, …
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TANF and Higher Education
Leah Hardy — Apr 26, 2010
Welfare reforms in 1996 created the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant program (TANF). Under the assumption that a job will provide recipients with a path to self-sufficiency, this program focuses primarily on putting them to work. Unfortunately, this work-first focus has not resulted in a path out of poverty for the majority of recipients. New York State must reform its TANF program to provide relevant education and training for its recipients, equipping them …