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April 25, 2025
Trump Administration Announces Plan to Get Borrowers Paying Student Loans Again
…matter of if, but when. The current student loan mess The federal government suspended student loan payments in March 2020 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; this meant that payments…
April 24, 2025
Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End
…there’s no humanity, and all the policies in the world don’t matter.” In this way, he spotlighted his commitment to the pronatalist cause—the idea that society must do more to…
April 24, 2025
In Opposing Last Month’s Continuing Resolution, Nearly All Democrats Voted to Shut Down Welfare Checks, Too
The Continuing Resolution (CR) Congress approved and President Donald Trump signed in March reflected a reversal of recent partisan roles on legislation preventing a government shutdown. That is, contrary to recent type,…
April 23, 2025
In Case of Emergency, Open Block Grant: Part 2
Congress’s efforts to produce “one big, beautiful bill” that reflects President Donald Trump’s tax and spending priorities is about to kick into high gear as the House and Senate turn…
April 23, 2025
In Case of Emergency, Open Block Grant: Part 1
…strides in increasing work and earnings and reducing poverty, as one of us (Weidinger) noted on the 25th anniversary of the 1996 law: After reform, welfare caseloads plummeted as millions…
April 9, 2025
Measuring and Building Human Leadership in an AI World
…toward dynamic, performance-based assessments that reflect how people lead in real time. Training programs could be better targeted, focusing on developing the communication habits and social reasoning that matter most….
April 8, 2025
Public Support of Health Insurance Enrollment
…their ESI plans than they would get if they were eligible for the ACA’s premium credits. If the support differences were small, it would not matter, but in many cases…
April 3, 2025
Trump’s Tariffs Are a Historic Tax Hike
If implemented, the tariffs announced yesterday by President Trump would constitute the largest tax increase since the 1968 levies to fund the Vietnam War. The details will matter, but my back-of-the-envelope calculation…
April 1, 2025
Did Maltreatment Fatalities in Texas Really Decline?
…that deaths that would have been attributed to maltreatment prior to the law change may not be confirmed as maltreatment today. Further complicating matters, DFPS implemented a new policy in…
March 28, 2025
Cracking the Code Behind Dismal 8th Grade Reading Scores
…stagnated, while those above advanced, offering tantalizing evidence to explain why eighth-grade NAEP scores plateau even as fourth-grade numbers rise. A recent research brief from the ETS researchers put the matter succinctly…