Seeking diversity, employers drop college degree requirements for more jobs. : NPR

… "If you arbitrarily say that a job needs to have a bachelor's degree, you are screening out over 70% of African-Americans. You're screening out about 80% of Latino-Latina workers, and you're screening out over 80% of rural Americans of all races," he explained. "And you're doing that before any skills are assessed. It's not fair."…

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/29/990274681/no-college-no-problem-some-employers-drop-degree-requirements-to-diversify-staff

TSA warns air travelers that the Real ID deadline will be here before you know it - The Washington Post

Nearly 20 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks led to calls for more secure forms of ID, the clock is ticking down on the Real ID....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/04/10/tsa-warns-air-travelers-that-real-id-deadline-will-be-here-before-you-know-it/

Arkansas Medicaid work requirement fiasco actually causing working people to lose jobs - Daily Kos

One of the 12,000 people in Arkansas who have been summarily kicked off of Medicaid and who are suing the state over it is Adrian McGonigal. Ironically, this formerly full-time worker ultimately lost his job over the state's work requirement. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1814308

Study: Most people who will lose Medicaid because of work requirements ARE ALREADY WORKING - Daily Kos

The latest rush among red states, aided the Trump administration, to take health care away from people is so absurdly counterproductive that it makes it clear that it's all about punishing poor people—and nothing else. The new Trump-certified approach is to impose work requirements on non-elderly, non-disabled people enrolled in Medicaid. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1776702

Kentucky’s requirement that Medicaid recipients must work is blocked by a federal judge - The Washington Post

The Trump administration acted in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner in approving the state's proposal, the judge says. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kentuckys-requirement-that-medicaid-recipients-must-work-is-blocked-by-a-federal-judge/2018/06/29/2c10156c-7bd7-11e8-aeee-4d04c8ac6158_story.html

They’re the think tank pushing for welfare work requirements. Republicans say they’re experts. Economists call it ‘junk science.’ - The Washington Post

The Foundation for Government Accountability think tank has close ties to conservative governors in Kansas, Maine and Mississippi — and an outsize influence on Republican debate over work requirements for food stamps. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/18/theyre-the-think-tank-pushing-for-welfare-work-requirements-republicans-say-theyre-experts-economists-call-it-junk-science/

Republicans want Big Government, too. They just want it to help fewer people - The Washington Post: Opinion |

Additional work requirements for the food-stamps program could take away benefits for millions of poor people. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-want-big-government-too-they-just-want-it-to-help-fewer-people/2018/05/17/03998746-5a10-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.html

If House Republicans Get Their Way, Rural Americans Are Screwed - Mother Jones

Back in 2016, the Republican Party won the presidency and both chambers of Congress with strong support in rural areas, particularly among farmers. But since that triumph, the Grand Old Party hasn't exactly been a champion of rural interests. ...
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/05/if-house-republicans-get-their-way-rural-americans-are-screwed/

The Trump administration is going after Native Americans now, too

The relationship between the United States and the Native American tribes within it is, to say the least, complicated. The legal foundation for relations, though, has been settled for more than a century. Unsurprisingly, the Trump administration wants to depart from those precepts to Native Americans’ detriment. The administration’s latest goal? Imposing work requirements and other barriers to the benefits and services guaranteed to Native Americans by history and precedent.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/5/2/1761447/-The-Trump-administration-is-going-after-Native-Americans-now-too

How Medicaid work requirements can exempt rural whites but not urban blacks - Vox

Michigan has a new plan that could disadvantage poor black beneficiaries while providing relief for poor whites. ....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/3/17315382/medicaid-work-requirements-michigan-race

House Republicans decide punishing poor people is worth blowing up the farm bill

House Republicans just can't help themselves, even with an ever-simmering civil war in their conference. There's an election in seven months that will very likely end their majority. They have to pass another budget by the end of September, while the White House is insisting that they re-legislate the one they just finished, over Republican objections. Now they're causing a fight within the conference and with the Senate over the farm bill by using it to slash the food stamp program and impose new work requirements on recipients. Because that's how much they want to make poor people go hungry.....

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1756848

I treat patients on Medicaid, and I don't see undeserving poor people - The Conversation US

Calls for work requirements for Medicaid recipients ignore the fact that many already do work. A Harvard doctor points out the problems in trying to help only the 'deserving' poor. ...
https://theconversation.com/i-treat-patients-on-medicaid-and-i-dont-see-undeserving-poor-people-82103

Alabama one-ups Kentucky on being evil to people on Medicaid

Judy Solomon, Vice President for Health Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, catches a Medicaid waiver proposal from Alabama's Republican Gov. Kay Ivey that would impose work requirements on a population that even Kentucky didn't include in its waiver: parents and care-takers.....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2018/2/28/1745513/-Alabama-one-ups-Kentucky-on-being-evil-to-people-on-Medicaid

It’s hard to keep a job with 2 autistic sons. A Medicaid work requirement would be disastrous. -- Vox

The challenges for caregivers like me in staying employed. ....
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/1/18/16901474/medicaid-work-requirement-autism

A Medicaid Work Requirement Would Be Bad Policy Without The Opioid Crisis. It's Disastrous With It. -- HuffPost

The Trump administration opened the doors Thursday for states to set work requirements for people who get Medicaid, a move that is likely to be a catastrophe for some of the most vulnerable Americans, particularly those struggling with opioid addiction. ...
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/medicaid-changes-opioid_us_5a57e4e5e4b0720dc4c592ee

The Trump administration's Medicaid announcement isn't really about 'work' -- CNN

Allowing states to decide the eligibility of low-income people based on work requirements is all about weakening ACA's Medicaid expansion...
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/opinions/medicaid-work-requirement-solomon/index.html

Senate Dems question legality of Trump work requirements -- ABC News

Senate Democrats question legality of Trump administration policy that allows work requirements for Medicaid recipients ....
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-dems-question-legality-trump-work-requirements-52435222

W.Va. proposal for Bible requirement brings mixed reaction

If passed, Senate Bill 252 would make it an elective for students, but not for school districts, even the public ones.

It’s no surprise, it’s getting some strong opinions on both sides at Pullman Square.

"I think it's a good idea," said Joseph Hardwick.

"I think it’s arrogant and silly," said Patrick Stephens.

But according to current wording, the bill would require it in all schools -- public, private and parochial......
http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Proposed-WVa-bill-would-require-schools-to-offer-Bible-class-as-an-elective-469377493.html

Trump Administration Decides That The Key To Making You Healthier Is Taking Your Medicaid -- Mother Jones

The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it will support work requirements for Medicaid beneficiaries for the first time in the program's history. Its justification: cutting insurance for low-income Americans who don't work will improve their health. ...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/trump-administration-decides-that-the-key-to-making-you-healthier-is-taking-your-medicaid/