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May 13, 2025
Out of Work and On the Dole — Is Uncle Sam Contributing to Young Men’s Malaise?
American men are in trouble. From Richard Reeves’ “Of Boys and Men” to Nicholas Eberstadt’s “Men Without Work,” we have learned that men are opting out of our most important institutions…
May 13, 2025
Common-Sense SNAP Reforms Included in House Agriculture Reconciliation Proposal
…will put SNAP on a more sustainable path, while refocusing the program on its core principles—helping low-income households afford food and supporting employment. Controlling Costs The reconciliation text includes two…
May 7, 2025
Displacement by Design: How Bad Policy Made Housing Scarce, and How We Can Fix It
…income. We call this relationship the Good Neighbors Index (GNI). The more income it takes to afford a home, the more unaffordable a city and the greater the housing shortage….
May 7, 2025
Workforce Participation for Older Americans: Warning Lights Flashing
…an era of population aging and potentially prolonged below-replacement fertility, retrogression in workforce involvement by older American men and women is a new normal we can ill afford. From the…
May 5, 2025
What’s in House Republicans’ Student Loan Overhaul
…the costs of RAP. More consequentially, it will discourage schools from loading students up with debt they can’t afford. The higher the debt, the higher the interest, and the likelier…
May 2, 2025
SNAP is About Nutrition: My Response to Zycher
…and low-income households, implying that it isn’t truly about helping low-income households afford nutritious foods. He asks: “Why else would the food stamp program have been housed from the beginning…
April 30, 2025
Is The Collapse of Blue-Collar Marriage a Foregone Conclusion?
It’s been just over 40 years since Springsteen’s bestselling Born in the USA came out in 1984 — an album with “a rowdy indomitable spirit,” as Debby Miller wrote in Rolling Stone at the time. The…
April 29, 2025
Good Jobs, Strong Families: How the Character of Men’s Work Is Linked to Their Family Status
Introduction Over the last half century, the U.S. economy has shifted, moving away from manufacturing and towards being an information and service economy. The mid-1980s, for instance, were punctuated by…
April 28, 2025
Letter to the Editor: Sugary Treats Shouldn’t Be on the SNAP Menu
…its mandate with its ever-expanding costs supporting poor diets on the taxpayer’s dime. It is only logical to return it to its original intent: helping low-income households afford nutritious foods….
April 25, 2025
What’s holding women back from starting a family?
Media influencer Brett Cooper did something last year that most people her age won’t: she got married. “It’s the most grounding experience I’ve ever had,” she told a crowd gathered…