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May 17, 2023
Is President Biden About to Triangulate Democrats on Welfare Work Requirements?
On Sunday, President Joe Biden signaled his openness to expanding work requirements for key welfare benefits as part of the debt limit deal he is currently negotiating with Congress. Of…
May 17, 2023
The Wrong Immigration at the Wrong Time
The ending of Title 42, has again moved immigration to center stage. With foreign-born as a share of the U.S. population at historic levels, matching the early twentieth century, there…
May 11, 2023
The House Acts to Recover More Pandemic Unemployment Fraud
FacebookTwitterLinkedIn This week, the House is considering Republican-authored legislation (H.R. 1163, the Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act) designed to promote more recovery of fraudulent unemployment checks paid during the pandemic,…
May 10, 2023
AI Tutoring Has a Lot to Offer. But so Does Human Mentoring.
…of adults about an array of jobs. As Julia Freeland Fisher has put it, “Whom you know matters and what you know matters, but especially powerful is who knows you know…
May 6, 2023
SNAP Needs a Healthy Overhaul
…is that SNAP recipients have especially unhealthy diets , with large shares of benefits spent on sweetened beverages and ultra-processed foods. Making matters worse, the fastest-growing group of SNAP recipients over the…
May 5, 2023
Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond’s previous book, Evicted, offered a compelling account of poverty in America. Illuminating and thought-provoking, its ethnographic accounts of deep struggle spurred new research and increased policy focus on the links…
May 4, 2023
Work Is Essential to the American Dream
…by any value asked about in the survey. We can’t forget why work matters so much to so many people. Work is the key to achieving the American dream: If…
May 4, 2023
The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America
…new research series, the Social Breakdown, which aims to uncover why America’s social fabric is breaking down and what we can do to rebuild social capital. Event Materials Event Transcript…
May 3, 2023
Work-for-Welfare Gains Traction Among Republicans
Last week, U.S. House Republicans included expanded work requirements for Medicaid, food stamps, and cash welfare benefits in their legislation to extend the federal debt limit. As employers continue to struggle to find workers, states,…
May 3, 2023
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
…encourages volunteerism.[42] Other features of the LDS church, however, are institutional matters. One reason social support among LDS church members is high has to do with the way the church…