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January 13, 2026
Major Changes Coming to SNAP in 2026
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called food stamps) is an important safety-net program that helps reduce hunger and decrease poverty among US households. At the same time, SNAP…
January 12, 2026
The “Upward Mobility Act” Seeks to Overcome Benefit Cliffs
…recipient faces a cliff at all times, because of the enormous scale of welfare programs, millions are at risk of hitting them, especially when individuals collect multiple benefits and begin…
January 6, 2026
The Middle Class Is Shrinking Because of a Booming Upper-Middle Class
…we find that the “core” middle class has shrunk, but only because more families have become upper-middle class over time. The upper-middle class boomed from 10 percent of families in…
December 29, 2025
To restore hope for families in poverty, let states lead on welfare reform
…low-income households deserve help from their fellow Americans when times are tough. But that help should not inadvertently trap people in poverty and government dependence by disincentivizing healthy, working-age adults…
December 23, 2025
The Policy Lessons from Minnesota’s Massive Welfare Fraud
…who deserve serious jail time. But it means that, unless addressed in Washington, the same flaws will continue to leave welfare programs across the nation open to abuse. Not Just…
December 11, 2025
Trump Family Policy Fails to Deliver at the One-Year Mark
…cannot access until 18 years later, would meaningfully change would-be parents’ calculus. At best, the benefit may move a small number of births forward in time so that children can…
December 10, 2025
How Misreading Somali Poverty Led Minnesota into Its Largest Welfare Scandal
…2019 investigation by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that labeled Minnesota “one of the most racially inequitable states” — a conclusion based on a poverty rate four times higher for Blacks than…
December 9, 2025
Has Marriage Fallen Because Young Adults Can’t Afford Homes?
…of Realtors, the median age of homebuyers has risen over time, from 31 in 1981 to 59 by 2025. Among first-time homebuyers that increase has been smaller, but still from…
December 2, 2025
What To Do About Benefit Cliffs?
…substantial effort, which takes time, as anyone who monitors Congress will recognize. We believe that a comprehensive fix is ultimately required, and that the federal government must lead it because…
December 1, 2025
Apocalypse Not
…from his separate (also flawed) analyses. I’ve spent more time on Green’s post than I have wanted to, and it’s possible I’m not done. This stuff needs to be discredited because…