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January 2, 2024
We Can Make Chicago Safer By Prioritizing Stronger Families
It was a cold winter morning in 2021 when my youngest son ducked into a local gas station to grab a snack before heading to work. As he came out…
December 18, 2023
Kids aren’t for everyone. But it’s better for everyone if you have them.
…especially in the early years. W. Bradford Wilcox, a colleague of mine at the American Enterprise Institute who studies family structure, speculates that in an increasingly atomized society, parenthood is…
December 15, 2023
Pro-Family Policy Priorities for States
Introduction America’s system of federalism means that the is- sues that most directly impact the lives of parents and families are often most appropriately dealt with at the state level….
December 13, 2023
Stronger Families, Safer Streets
The debate about how best to respond to urban crime—a debate that has become more important in light of recent increases in violent crime and homicide in many cities across…
December 11, 2023
How to make smartphones and apps safer for kids
“These are first-of-their-kind bills in the United States,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said in March at the signing of SB152, which required social media companies operating in Utah to age-verify users…
December 11, 2023
How Public Housing Encourages Single Parenthood and Penalizes Marriage
…households. Inspired by projects in Communist-led Vienna and Hitler’s Germany, her vision—shared by architecture critic Lewis Mumford and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius—was government owned and managed housing for working families. …
December 8, 2023
Biden’s Even Worse Version of “Free College”
…student lending went away, how would students afford college? Well, perhaps that’s something the Biden team and its progressive cheerleaders should’ve contemplated earlier. But there are some options. There already…
December 8, 2023
A Framework for Reforming Federal Graduate Student Aid Policy
…of whether these amounts are commensurate with what it costs the college to deliver a program, the value of the degree granted, or what graduate borrowers can afford to repay….
December 5, 2023
The Ninth Annual American Family Survey: Perceptions and Realities of Issues Families Face Today
…for Boys and Men Isabel V. Sawhill, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution W. Bradford Wilcox, Nonresident Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Moderator: Daniel A. Cox, Director, Survey Center on American Life,…
December 1, 2023
Cities Use Covid Funds to Run Guaranteed-Income Experiments
…repeats history, Alexandria isn’t the only city that will see the guaranteed harm that comes with unconditional guaranteed income. Ms. Ford is an adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute’s…