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December 5, 2023
The Ninth Annual American Family Survey: Perceptions and Realities of Issues Families Face Today
…| Survey Center on American Life | November 9, 2023 Growing Up in Intact Families Matters More Than Ever W. Bradford Wilcox and David Bass | National Review | October 2, 2023…
December 4, 2023
A Pro-Market and Pro-Social Economy
…comparing the ideas of self-labeled National Conservatives (“NatCons”) and President Biden’s tariff and subsidy policies would like more like a near-total eclipse than a Venn diagram. Many on the populist right pine for an era in…
December 4, 2023
Post-Prohibition Pot Regulation: Should It Be More Like Tobacco?
…the illicit market … [and l]egal sales have been on a two-year slide.” This, in the nation’s largest cannabis market. Non-legal sales are so common that consumer guide sites to…
December 1, 2023
Unlocking Economic Prosperity: Career Navigation in a Time of Rapid Change
…at Harvard and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions collaborated to conduct applied research that included convening focus groups, interviewing subject matter experts, conducting a scan of the National Fund…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…homes headed by single mothers. That number has not changed much since 2018. In 2020, nearly 45 percent of all births were to unmarried women, above the national average of…
November 30, 2023
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…interesting — perhaps even perspective-altering. For example: Do you think America neglects the poor? Sure, the national poverty rate has fallen by half since the 1960s, from 19.5 percent in 1963…
November 27, 2023
Bribing Homeowners To Build Tiny Houses Won’t Solve NYC’s Housing Problem
…“affordable” units, the city should free homeowners to build small, cheap ADUs that are naturally affordable — because they’re small and cheap. Keep in mind that what may seem like…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
…successes of single parents. Many single parents across the nation put in long hours and tiring days, working selflessly for their children. I was raised by a single mother and…
November 21, 2023
Defining Poverty Up
…a National Academies of Sciences panel who published a report earlier this year titled “An Updated Measure of Poverty: (Re)Drawing the Line.” The authors proposed that the Census Bureau’s supplemental poverty…
November 20, 2023
The Next Time States Are “Swimming in Money” Make Them Repay Their Federal Loans
…worth $26 billion. Data from the National Conference of State Legislatures helps explains what happened. 23 states used $7.6 billion in federal CARES Act funds to boost their UI trust funds; then…