Welfare payments account for a third of Britain's public spending. Now, radical cuts in welfare spending are drawing impassioned reactions among both critics and supporters.

A factory in Michigan actually pays the state government to bring a public caseworker to the company to help its low-income workers.

'Welfare' used to simply mean 'well-being'. These days it often has negative connotations and multiple meanings.

The U.K. revealed the biggest overhaul to its welfare system in a generation. One major cut will be to crackdown on people who live in large houses but collect welfare payments.

Poverty simulation exercises confront participants with empty wallets, tough choices, and a better understanding of low-income people.

The big news of the day is Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's much-anticipated speech at Jackson Hole. Also, we fact-check a misleading campaign ad about welfare.

The GOP charges that the Obama administration has weakened the work requirement that was a key part of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act.

As Oktoberfest approaches, the German labor department, announced that beer — a fixture of German society — is not necessary for living. The…