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May 6, 2024
How States and Communities Can Strengthen Marriages
…campaigns, like the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, as well as campaigns to prevent high school dropout or smoking, could serve as examples to promote messages about…
May 4, 2024
Make Parents Pay for Kids Who Miss School To Curb Chronic School Absenteeism
…Wealthy, self-indulgent families are taking their kids out of school for extended vacations. Still, Nat Malkus of the American Enterprise Institute has found that chronic absence especially afflicts lower-income homes….
May 2, 2024
Q&A: A Conservative Vision for Education
…THE NATION AS POLARIZED AS IT’S BEEN IN RECENT YEARS, CAN WE STILL POINT TO THOSE KINDS OF SHARED VALUES? It’s a funny thing: As divided as we may seem,…
May 1, 2024
The closing of the American heart
…our nation’s retreat from this core institution since the 1960s was harming children. And at that point, the share of children residing with their married, biological parents had fallen to about 65%,…
April 30, 2024
I’m a Conservative But Defunding NPR Is a Mistake. What Should Happen Instead Might Be Surprising
The liberal political and cultural bias of National Public Radio has moved center-stage, thanks to the Free Press essay by Uri Berliner, the former NPR editor who resigned earlier this month….
April 26, 2024
Washington, District of Benefit Cliffs
…not include smaller and more targeted local public assistance programs and tax credits.” In sum, they find “The social safety net in DC is one of the most generous in the nation”…
April 26, 2024
Human Capital Spillovers and Health: Does Living Around College Graduates Lengthen Life?
Abstract Equally educated people are healthier if they live in more educated places. Every 10 percent point increase in an area’s share of adults with a college degree is associated…
April 23, 2024
Neglected Representation in Foster Care
…kids are well-publicized. The National Association of Counsel for Children recommends meeting with the child within 48 hours of appointment, preferably in person. After that, the American Bar Association notes,…
April 22, 2024
The Promise and Peril of Civic Renewal: Richard John Neuhaus, Peter L. Berger, and “To Empower People”
…Bowman and the Morningside Institute’s Nathaniel Peters examined religion’s role in civil society and how it should be protected. Dakota State University’s Joseph Bottum concluded the event by analyzing the…
April 21, 2024
The Real Bias at NPR: Story Selection
Concern about media bias — specifically politically liberal bias — has moved center stage thanks to the cri de coeur by National Public Radio’s Uri Berliner in the Free Press. The network’s…