September 1, 2026
Did Fraud Drive Blue States’ Pandemic Unemployment Funds?
It’s a depressingly familiar story: taxpayers lost a massive amount of money to waste, fraud, and…
August 30, 2026
30 Years of Welfare Reform And the Path Forward
Thirty years ago this month, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation…
August 22, 2026
The Path Ahead for Welfare Reform
In the years since the landmark 1996 welfare reform law — which marks its 30th anniversary…
August 21, 2026
The Test-Score Mystery
This summer, the nation received the kind of news it is not used to: apparent improvements…
August 20, 2026
Status Defines Friendship for Too Many Americans
Why do I feel as if I’m being sold friends? Join a “modern social club,”…
August 17, 2026
A Medicare-for-All Gift Is Staring the GOP in the Face
When Abdul El-Sayed became Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee last week, his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers,…
August 15, 2026
The Ongoing Battle to Defend Welfare Reform
Welfare reform replaced Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families…
August 9, 2026
The Cautionary Tale of Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
“If they knew they were going to stop investing in our community,” Angelica Cardenas told The Wall…
August 8, 2026
New York’s ACS Is Failing Children and Kids Are Dying—Why Is Hochul Getting in the Way of Reforms That Would Save Lives?
The Jarvis children “used to be strong, but then she had to push them up…
August 8, 2026
Thirty Years Later, Welfare Reform Is Still a Model That Works
The real lesson of the 1996 law remains that there is a better way for Americans in need, if only today’s lawmakers match their forebears in choosing it.
August 6, 2026
Custody Courts’ Deadly Blind Spots
Was Lindsay Clancy acting deliberately when she strangled her three children in their Massachusetts home in 2023,…
July 26, 2026
The Ever-Changing Definition of Adulthood and Its Cost
How do you know you’re an adult? A thousand years ago, a hundred years ago,…