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December 1, 2023
Cities Use Covid Funds to Run Guaranteed-Income Experiments
…let it expire amid legitimate concerns over excess federal spending. Lawmakers also worried that the child tax credit would severely inhibit workforce participation. University of Chicago researchers estimate that if…
December 1, 2023
Red States Can Lead the Way on Marriage and Fatherhood
…policy-makers, even those on the left, that dads make a difference. The most prominent example is Brookings Institution fellow Richard Reeves, who acknowledges in his 2022 book Of Boys and Men that…
November 30, 2023
A Valuable New Perspective on America’s War on Poverty
…This relative measure adjusts yearly thresholds in line with median income changes. “The dramatic reduction in poverty by 2019 based on President Johnson’s absolute 1960s standards suggests that policymakers might…
November 27, 2023
For kids, marriage still matters
…not been good — for children, for families, or for the United States.” But for policymakers in Utah, what are the practical implications of this truth? That is, what can…
November 21, 2023
Defining Poverty Up
…and destructive behavior” such as soaring out-of-wedlock childbearing behind increased welfare dependence. Policy-makers responded to Moynihan’s call, and the bipartisan 1994 crime bill (which Moynihan supported) and 1996 welfare-reform law…
November 13, 2023
The Jobless AI Future Is Still a Long Way Off
…the need for human workers in the past, and it likely won’t in the future – at least not within any timeframe that is relevant to workers and policymakers today….
November 2, 2023
How Churches Can Make a Difference in the Lives of Children Who Need Foster Care
Who is willing to foster a child? It’s a question that has vexed policymakers and civic leaders for decades. Most states have experienced a chronic shortage of foster families. Public…
October 31, 2023
It Takes Two
…understanding the lived experiences of American children and how policymakers can support their learning, health, and well-being. Should policymakers invest in programs designed to nudge parents to marry or stay…
October 23, 2023
A Carbon Tax to Finance Child Tax Credit Expansion
…the perception that it would disproportionately burden low- and middle-income households relative to high-income households. Many analysts and lawmakers have proposed using carbon tax revenues to either cut taxes or…
October 20, 2023
Value Needs to be the Next Buzzword in Higher Education
For a long time, advocates and policymakers in the higher education space were fixated on improving “access” to higher education. As a society, we recognized that higher education was a…