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March 5, 2024
The Societal Cost of the Marriage Decline
…headlines in the New York Times “Modern Love” section include: “Un-Marry Me!,” “Don’t Marry Your Boyfriend,” and “When a Breakup is An Act of Self-Love.” It’s not just the culture that’s the…
March 5, 2024
A Conservative Vision for Education Reform
…something important, which requires safeguarding it, maintaining it, and improving it until it’s time to hand it off to the next generation of custodians. There are many important things in…
March 4, 2024
Exploring America’s Social Safety Net And The Political Fights Around It
…rise over time. Jamila Michener:It’s important to make the social safety net, I think, about what it is about, which is supporting people in times of need. And when we…
March 4, 2024
Social conservatives who care about marriage should think twice about a “per-child” refundable Child Tax Credit
…increase the rate at which the refundable portion of the credit phases in, from the current 15% rate applied to all families to 15% times the number of dependent children….
March 4, 2024
Teen Suicide and the Limits of Sociology
…more stressful circumstances—poverty, war, abandonment seem like they would make suicide more likely than AP Physics. The problem is not the pressure per se. Tim Carney’s forthcoming Family Unfriendly and…
March 4, 2024
The state of the union isn’t strong because of the state of our unions
…spend much time on during his address, despite its vital importance to the health of our country. Too many Americans are living alone or in chaotic homes, in large…
March 1, 2024
How the Children’s Bureau Lost Its Way
…as a result of economic growth, laws around childhood labor and education and a social safety net that provided support to widows with dependent children. Over time, the Children’s Bureau…
February 29, 2024
Recalling Pandemic Lessons on “Self-Certifying” Eligibility
…of $191 billion and the staggering $400 billion calculated by private experts. That catastrophe goes unmentioned in last week’s DOL guidance, which marks at least the third time since pandemic benefits ended that DOL…
February 27, 2024
Options for Improving the Child Tax Credit Provisions in H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
…for the third time ever. In four years, debt is projected to reach a new high and to increase indefinitely after that. Already just the interest taxpayers pay annually on…
February 22, 2024
Chronic Absenteeism Could Be the Biggest Problem Facing Schools Right Now
…to divert valuable class time toward helping chronically absent students catch up—which leaves less time to devote to students with more regular attendance, many of whom also need focused attention….