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May 17, 2023
Is President Biden About to Triangulate Democrats on Welfare Work Requirements?
…Those requirements currently expect ABAWDS under age 50 to engage in at least part-time work, training, or community service to be eligible for food stamps beyond three months. The House…
May 17, 2023
The Wrong Immigration at the Wrong Time
…been capped at 85,000 for the last twenty years with annual applications now totaling eight times that figure. These are the workers where labor shortages are the most striking and they…
May 12, 2023
Follow the Money as Hochul Floats Tobacco Ban While Pushing Legal Marijuana
…Albany Times-Union, of the $16 billion in tobacco settlement funds New York State received between 1999 and 2021, just $920 million went for “tobacco control,” including those legitimately frightening television…
May 10, 2023
AI Tutoring Has a Lot to Offer. But so Does Human Mentoring.
…lots of different measures, that Americans were joining fewer groups and spending more time in solo activities than they used to. Today, kids are enmeshed in fewer social networks, as they’re…
May 6, 2023
SNAP Needs a Healthy Overhaul
…obese. Moreover, half of this group described their health as fair or poor—more than four times the rate reported by higher-income Americans in the same age group. Mental health challenges…
May 5, 2023
Wrong Diagnosis, Wrong Prescription
…or even full-time jobs, and aren’t homeless. Among poor adults aged 18 to 64, less than 10 percent worked full-time, year-round in 2021. Less than 2 percent of poor people are homeless at any…
May 4, 2023
Work Is Essential to the American Dream
…In our divided time, a belief in the benefits of work is one value that still brings Americans together. Last month, almost 80 percent of voters in Wisconsin approved a ballot…
May 4, 2023
The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America
On May 4, AEI’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility (COSM) hosted the launch of “The Social Breakdown,” a new research series dedicated to the study of social capital. https://www.youtube.com/embed/SWmPhcul8NE…
May 3, 2023
The Mainline Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Social Capitalism
…time parents spend with their children. In addition to family measures, the Social Capital Index accounts for the strength of individuals’ relationships outside the household and their connection with the…
May 1, 2023
Promoting Mobility Through SNAP: Toward Better Health and Employment Outcomes
…receives SNAP. Both datasets are cross-sectional, meaning the results reflect the SNAP caseload at points in time, not necessarily the same individuals over time. For our analyses, we grouped SNAP…