Welcome to Our Research Archive
Search and filter by content type, issue area, author, and keyword
September 18, 2023
There’s an Easy Fix That Would Solve Our Housing Crisis: Light Touch Density
…country, an estimated 930,000 additional housing units could be created annually (depending on the maximum allowed density) over the next 30 to 40 years. This moderate density increase would expand…
August 24, 2023
Baby Boom Or Bust
…we simply just trace this to the first mitzvah in the Garden of Eden, there’s a lot more going on here than religious teaching. “There is an element of contagiousness,”…
August 10, 2023
The Real Reason People Leave Religion
…designed to maximize individual accomplishment as defined by professional and financial success. Such a system leaves precious little time or energy for forms of community that don’t contribute to one’s…
August 7, 2023
The Right Way to Fix Public Broadcasting
…tried to end CPB funding — and the system, still citing Big Bird (which has flown to HBO Max), rallied bipartisan support. Conservatives are not wrong to seek to correct the…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…would follow the current-policy schedule for a married couple with three or more children, even for parents who only have one or two children, up to the maximum EITC amount…
June 30, 2023
Democrats Call Biden’s Economy “Savage” in Attempt to Revive Child Tax Credit
…for child tax credit payments and others who worked and earned too little to owe federal income taxes collected less than the maximum benefit. That’s why Democrats’ $1.9 trillion American…
June 23, 2023
SNAP Can Improve Nutrition, Help Farmers, and Support the Environment
…higher up the income scale as well. Currently, the USDA determines the maximum SNAP benefit for each household size using the “Thrifty Food Plan,” defined as the estimated cost of “a nutritious,…
June 15, 2023
AI and the Future of Schooling
…is about to upend what we think of as “good teaching.” Skilled teachers typically try to maximize the amount of class time devoted to discussions, interactive problem-solving, or hands-on-shoulder coaching….
June 8, 2023
Oklahoma Has Approved the Nation’s First Religious Charter School. What’s That Mean?
…school choice programs, too. Many choice proponents assume that these programs will promote maximal freedom, and it is true that most schools participating in programs like ESAs are—and have historically…