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March 3, 2025
…significantly, the agency is considering implementing time limits and work requirements for tenants of public and subsidized housing. Although we should expect howls of protest from tenant “advocates” as cruel and draconian,…
February 28, 2025
…upon them to address such wide-ranging goals as “environmental justice,” “climate resilience,” as well as “to better serve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) youth experiencing homelessness…
February 27, 2025
…of Donald Trump voters is related to progressive housing policy’s collateral damage. Most of Stuck, however, is about how we got into this mess. Appelbaum’s skill as a historian shines here….
February 25, 2025
…government power back to smaller units: families, communities and states. The Center for Christian Virtue and the Institute for Family Studies recently collaborated on a new study called “The Hope…
February 25, 2025
Ohio ranks 29th in family strength, according to a new report from the Institute for Family Studies and the Center for Christian Virtue. The Hope and a Future report spotlights the state of Ohio…
February 24, 2025
…savings could be deployed elsewhere—or used to stem burgeoning federal debt and deficits. Opponents will of course regard any such changes as a “draconian cut.” But the longer view suggests…
February 21, 2025
What is the American dream? It is a “better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank,” in the words of James Truslow Adams, the historian who…
February 20, 2025
…David Grusky, Maximilian Hell, Robert Manduca, Jimmy Narang, “The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940.” Replication files available at https://opportunityinsights.org/data/?geographic_level=0&topic=0&paper_id=546#resource-listing. These results were the basis for…
February 4, 2025
…or negative federal income tax liability. Married parents with two children could receive a net refund from the federal government until their income exceeds $94,000, well beyond the median US household income…
February 4, 2025
…on dollar figures alone. Opponents are already decrying “draconian” cuts. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has criticized “massive tax breaks for billionaires and wealthy corporations” alongside policies that would make “working families and…