On May 16th, 1996, Governor Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania signed a series of welfare reforms into law, including cuts to medical assistance, a requirement that childless people between ages 21 and 58 work 100 hours a month to receive medical assistance benefits, and a condition that anyone making more than $5100 a year did not qualify for medical assistance. When implemented, this legislation would cut 250,000 people off of medical assistance.

On this day that year, in response to this, Philadelphians living in poverty and homelessness organized through the Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KWRU), began a 140-mile march from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, the capitol of Pennsylvania. On August 31st, they arrived and camped on the front lawn of the Pennsylvania Capitol building, holding a rally there the next day.

In late September, a federal judge ordered the protesters to leave, however they defied the order, staying until they were forcibly removed by the police on October 3rd. Although the activists were able to speak with Governor Ridge, they were not successful in reversing the welfare reforms. The KWRU continued to organize protests, holding that economic rights and the right to housing, education, food, and a living wage are human rights.

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So redoing the cross number puzzle because I messed up yesterday when submitting it.

Cross number puzzle

Across

1. Square of a prime number

2. Half the highest common factor of 10 Down and 11 Down

3. Cube of a square

4. Square root of 1 Across

5. A symmetrical square (same left to right as right to left)

6. Larger by 1 than 9 Down

7. Five times as large as 8 Across

8. Square of a number larger by 1 than 13 Across

Down

1. Smaller by 8 than the smallest integer which, when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 has remainders 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

2. Number whose digit sum is 29

3. Prime number

4 Prime factor of 11 Down

7. Quadrupled product of one-tenth 15 Across and 13 Across

8. Twice 4 Down

9. 11 Down reversed

10. Square root of 10 Across

11. Multiple of the highest prime factor of 13 Across

So I double checked it and this time it should work so have fun :soviet-heart: and dm @Wmill the answer.

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