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Op-Ed
Are Big Families the Solution to Declining Fertility?
“Big families are like waterbed stores,” comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan jokes. “They used to be everywhere, and now they’re just weird.” But he might have to update his…
Op-Ed
Daddy Issues: Review of “Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives”
…to help care for young children. In agrarian societies, though, roles become more specialized. “As the work of mother and father diverges more widely, parental roles like protecting, providing and…
Op-Ed
The Long, Slow Death of Social Democracy
…high inflation rates and high unemployment, or “stagflation.” Social democrats failed to develop an alternative to or extension of the postwar Keynesian system, leading to the end of the Keynesian…
Op-Ed
States Are Wrestling with How to Deal with Substance-Exposed Infants. New Mexico Offers a Warning
…violates New Mexico’s Indian Family Protection Act, specifically regarding the state’s obligation to engage in “active efforts to maintain Indian families.” Somehow the fact that Native children made up a…
Op-ed
New York Families Are Doing Better Than You’ve Heard
…class is pegged to what the typical family makes, the middle class might shrink if the median family’s income increases more than incomes of families lower down, raising the threshold…
Article
Poverty and Dependency in the United States, 1939–2023
…29.0 percentage point reduction in just under a quarter century. This decline in poverty was accompanied by a 76 percent increase in real median income over the same period, reflecting…
Op-Ed
Why We May Never Know of Child-Welfare Workers’ Fatal Mistakes
…the case of Brian Santiago and his mother, who were found dead in their apartment in August 2024. Per The Post, Brian’s mother was “investigated by the ACS and even…
Op-Ed
One of the Worst Laws in America Deserves a Hearing Before the Supreme Court
Kelly and Nate Reyelts have fostered about 50 children. Kelly is a teacher and Nate is a physician assistant. They have been raising their seven biological children in their home…
Op-Ed
Chicago’s “Disappearing Middle Class” Can Be Found in Its Proliferating Upper Middle-Class Neighborhoods
…off and swelled the ranks of the poor. In reality, per capita income in the median Chicagoan’s census tract rose from $29,600 in 1970 to $39,300 in 2024 (both in…
Blog Post
Chairman Smith Is Right About the Need for a Site-Neutral Policy in Medicare
…as compared with unaffiliated physician offices. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that moving toward a full site-neutral policy, with one payment rate for specified outpatient services, would lower Medicare costs…
Article
Why First-Time Buyer Age Isn’t Rising—Even as Housing Gets Less Affordable
Home prices have surged over the past two decades, and by most measures, affordability has worsened. Yet data from the New York Fed show that the median age of first-time…
Op-Ed
There Are Many Reasons to Cheer Up About the State of the Middle Class
…median wage of men ages 25 to 54 rose by 16 to 29 percent from 1989 to 2023 (and I’d advocate hard for the 29 percent as the better number)….