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February 29, 2024
Recalling Pandemic Lessons on “Self-Certifying” Eligibility
…programs to allow beneficiaries to self-certify their eligibility. That guidance directly affects a handful of programs with limited funding that offer a variety of employment-related services. Naturally the department argues…
February 29, 2024
Addressing the False Claims from Industry Groups on Pilot Testing SNAP Restrictions
…Food Association and the National Grocers’ Association—sent letters to Congressional leaders opposing funds for these pilots. Although these groups most likely oppose the pilots because they may hurt their bottom…
February 29, 2024
Parents’ Rights, Yes. But Parent Responsibilities, Too
Americans disagree with one another about all manner of important topics when it comes to schools and schooling. That’s inevitable in a nation of more than 300 million people. And…
February 27, 2024
Options for Improving the Child Tax Credit Provisions in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
…on the bigger tax reform debate over the horizon in 2025. Throughout our nation’s history, until 2020, only in the three years following World War II was the national debt…
February 23, 2024
Study What You Love or Study What Will Make You Money?
…Dreambound asked a thousand American adults about their education and career satisfaction, and while the sample isn’t statistically representative of the nation as a whole, the results are broadly suggestive….
February 22, 2024
Chronic Absenteeism Could Be the Biggest Problem Facing Schools Right Now
Chronic absenteeism has become a grim reality across the nation. Nationwide, chronic absenteeism nearly doubled from 15 percent in 2018 to 26 percent in 2023. How bad are these numbers,…
February 22, 2024
The Workforce/Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit
…a swarm of naturally affordable small-scale development. Event Description Congress will soon consider two bipartisan bills to address high rental costs. Combined, these two programs would expand eligibility of subsidized…
February 20, 2024
The New Right’s Attack on Markets Is as Ignorant as the Old Left’s
…been the province of the political left, is increasingly embraced by thinkers and elected officials on the right. An illustration comparing the ideas of self-labeled National Conservatives (“NatCons”) and President…
February 20, 2024
Planning a Career in the Age of AI
…40 percent of “Boomers” report significant levels of concern. Unease is natural, even warranted, but we should be careful to recognize that, for workers, it’s not all doom and gloom….
February 15, 2024
Sacred Sex
…sense of sacredness leads not to depression and divorce court but to strong and satisfying unions—outside and inside the bedroom. Brad Wilcox, professor of sociology and director of the National Marriage Project at…