It’s not uncommon in Minnesota to see a news story about someone being sentenced to “the workhouse.” But what is a workhouse? It turns out Minnesota is one of the only states still using this term, ...

Note: In this essay, James Kences deals with a difficult subject concerning the treatment of the poor and indigent of Colonial times. "Voted that the selectmen erect or build a fit and convenient work ...

Want to understand London’s economic transformation? Take a look at the condo conversion of a workhouse near where a young Charles Dickens lived. The Strand Union ...

In my last column, I described clues that led me to the ancestral home of my natal surname (the Weatherlows). It was the poorhouse records of Depwade Union Workhouse in Norfolk, England, however, that ...