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August 18, 2024

Why NYC’s Most Affordable Housing May Already Be Available

…we need. New York City law makes matters worse in other ways, as well.  To guard against overcrowding, the city requires every resident to have a minimum of 80 square…

August 15, 2024

Kamala Harris Will Pay You Not to Work

A recent study confirms that universal basic income—no-strings-attached benefit checks offered to recipients regardless of need or contribution to the program—discourages work. That’s relevant to the presidential race. Kamala Harris…

August 1, 2024

Two Outrageous Bills Kamala Harris Sponsored Would Crush Taxpayers

As a U.S. senator, Vice President Kamala Harris had a remarkably slim record of accomplishments, shepherding only a handful of minor resolutions across the finish line. But that’s far from…

July 29, 2024

The Rise of ‘Marriage Deserts’ and What We Can Do About Them

…so that kids from all kinds of communities have a shot at one of the things that matters most: a good marriage. Chris Bullivant is a senior fellow of the Social Capital…

July 14, 2024

Fostering Normalcy for Foster Kids

…a debit card. Matt Callahan, a case manager for the Transition House (a residential program to help foster kids as young as 16 learn the skills they will need to…

June 18, 2024

A Unified Theory of Education

…focusing on results that match the model. Second, good educational institutions are voluntary. Government agencies don’t spin the same webs of support that voluntary organizations do. Bureaucratic routines and electronic…

June 18, 2024

Economic Opportunity and Social Mobility

…measure of how people do relative to their parents. Of course, asking “how people do” begs the question of which outcomes matter. We could look at an individual’s hourly wages,…

June 18, 2024

Donald Trump is an Outlier on the Right: When It Comes to Fidelity and Marriage, Democrats Face Bigger Problems

…the Republican standard bearer’s marital misbehavior eroded our collective commitment to the values and virtues that sustain the institution of marriage? On the left, journalist Matt Yglesias wondered if Trump’s bad example…

June 13, 2024

Why Married Fathers Matter

…as Richard Reeves noted in his book “Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why it Matters, and What to Do About It.” This pattern doesn’t stop…

May 31, 2024

ACS Has Lost the Plot

…were not necessary Similarly, the report boasts a reduction in kids taken into foster care. What matters, though, is whether kids are safer, not how many of them are in…