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September 23, 2024
The Last Bipartisan Policy
…via a federal executive order in 2020, and former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, via a state executive order in 2022. In just the couple of years since that time, 23 states have…
September 23, 2024
Toward a Potential Grand Bargain for the Nation
…spending is an enormous political challenge. So is increasing spending on programs that advance economic opportunity. Doing both at the same time could be more politically feasible than addressing them…
September 23, 2024
The Kamala Harris Plan for More Housing Shortages
A signature feature of Kamala Harris’s housing plan is providing first-time home buyers with $25,000 in down-payment support, at a total cost of $100 billion over four years. Absent a severe…
September 21, 2024
Why Is Race Still a Factor in Adoption?
…As Tucker notes, “I do not view my work as passing judgment or merely having an opinion. Instead, I view it as preserving Blackness.” Maybe it’s time Tucker found a…
September 20, 2024
How Public Housing Fueled Boston’s Busing Riots
…to South Boston High School, set on the “heights” of that largely white neighborhood. At the time, and in retrospect, the violence was blamed on the racism of Boston’s “ethnic…
September 20, 2024
Don’t Believe the Doomsayers. The American Dream Is Still In Reach for Young People
…critical decisions about relationships, work, family formation, education, faith and more. The choices made during this timeframe, while not completely determinative, will have huge influence over a child’s life trajectory…
September 19, 2024
Government benefit programs already do a lot to help low income families
…percent of earned income above $2,500, up to $1,700 times the number of dependent children. The nonworking family receives no refundable CTC, and the middle-wage family receives a refundable CTC…
September 17, 2024
The Blue State Family Exodus: Families Are Migrating to Red and Purple States
You would think that Minnesota is a mecca for families, judging by the adulatory press coverage that Democratic Gov. Tim Walz’s family policy record in the state has received from…
September 16, 2024
A Pyrrhic Victory Against Student Loan Default
…just 34 percent of the months that payments were due. As a result, IDR borrowers usually failed to cover their accrued interest every month. Over time, their balances crept upwards….
September 12, 2024
Surgeon general’s dour picture of parenthood misses the mark
…“time demands” and a greater “risk of mental health conditions.” At the same time, Murthy conveys virtually nothing, and certainly no research, about the many up sides to being a…