Foreign editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, DAVID ZUCCHINO. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting from South Africa. In his new book "Myth of the Welfare Queen," (Scribner) he turns his attention to his own town, Philadelphia, where he follows the lives of two welfare mothers, Odessa Williams and Cheri Honkala. One reviewer writes, "David Zucchino has shattered unequivocably the stereotype of women receiving welfare." 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:
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