Sister Tanya, the superior for the Missionaries of Charity at the Gift of Peace convent in Washington, D.C., looks out the door on Aug. 31, 2016, days before Mother Teresa was canonized as a saint on Sept. 4, 2016. Photo: Nikki Kahn Washington Post

Santa Monica Housing Program Manager James Kemper

Clarence Thomas

"Are there no workhouses?", Scrooge asks the two men soliciting donations for the poor. Today, critics of work requirements compare these requirements to the workhouses of the past. But the truth is much different. - MERCHANT'S HOUSE MUSEUM