The End of the Food Security Supplement in the Current Population Survey: Next Steps
July 16, 2026 | Angela Rachidi and Craig Gundersen
Abstract Since 1996, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published an annual report on...
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Opportunity Book
Browse federal policy recommendations from COSM scholars and affiliates focused on expanding opportunity.
Land of Opportunity
A policy handbook that assesses the state of the American Dream and offers practical policy solutions to strengthen opportunity and prosperity in the United States. By strengthening economic growth, expanding opportunity, and restoring the social foundations of family, work, and community, the book argues that we can renew the promise of the American Dream for future generations.
Workforce Futures Initiative
A research collaboration between the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Project on Workforce at Harvard Kennedy School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.
FREE Initiative
An initiative to educate people, communities, and institutions around the country about how to promote a sense of agency among our nation’s youth, and to partner with them in this effort. We are building a national movement predicated primarily upon local and community action.
Lives Cut Short
A project to document child maltreatment fatalities.
America's Rural Future
A bipartisan endeavor with a shared mission to enable rural prosperity in the 21st century by strengthening economic opportunity, resilience, and quality of life across rural America.
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American Renewal
A Conservative Plan to Strengthen the Social Contract and Save the Country’s Finances.
Edited by Paul Ryan and Angela Rachidi
Doing Right By Kids
Leveraging Social Capital and Innovation to Increase Opportunity.
By Scott Winship | Yuval Levin | Ryan Streeter
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Trump Takes Dramatic Step Toward Curbing Rampant Fraud in State Unemployment Programs
July 11, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
The Trump administration is threatening to use “every available enforcement tool” to compel states to better protect unemployment benefits against fraud and abuse.
Americans Still Believe in Work. The AI Crowd Hasn’t Gotten the Memo
July 9, 2026 | Matt Weidinger
Promises of vast new work-free benefits seem somewhere between a believe-it-when-I-see-it vision and just the latest liberal plan to expand an already-bloated welfare state.
How to Strengthen the Climb From the Safety Net
July 9, 2026 | Angela Rachidi
Executive summary Wisconsin has long benefited from low poverty rates and relatively high labor force...