SocietyNews
Instilling a sense of expectancy, personal capability, and American exceptionalism are keys to lifting individuals out of poverty, two conservative lawmakers said Thursday at a… Read More
SocietyNews
Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z is drawing belated condemnation on Twitter for attributing “adverse feeling for authority” to fatherless households during a panel discussion on social justice… Read More
SocietyNews
Roughly 6.3 million Americans have dropped off food stamps since President Donald Trump’s first month in office. Data from the Agriculture Department shows 6,268,285 individuals have… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The left-wing media are having a field day distorting acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli’s comments regarding the famous poem emblazoned on… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Here’s what President Donald Trump tweeted about a Baltimore congressman and his city: “Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has urged President Donald Trump and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., to stop exchanging insults over conditions… Read More
SocietyCommentary
You may not like the messenger, but embedded in the recent political dust-up about the crime, poverty, and despair in Baltimore were some undeniable truths…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
When President Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty in the 1960s, he pledged to eliminate poverty in America. More than five decades, several welfare… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery. On June 19, the House Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights,… Read More
SocietyNews
After a spirited hearing on whether the U.S. should explore the idea of reparations for the descendants of slaves, President Donald Trump says he does… Read More
SocietyNews
Rob Undersander, a retired engineer in Waite Park, Minnesota, wasn’t eager to go public about being a millionaire, but he wanted to expose a loophole… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The National School Lunch Program has changed dramatically since it began in 1946. What started as a grant program to help poor students and those… Read More
SocietyNews
Republicans in the House and Senate are making another legislative push to enforce work requirements for able-bodied adults on welfare. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Over the weekend, Democratic fresh face and socialist darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., spoke at the South by Southwest conference. While sitting amidst the enormous… Read More
SocietyCommentary
President Donald Trump issued an executive order last April that called for policy reforms to, among other things, “improve employment outcomes and economic independence.” Nearly… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When I hear “welfare payments,” I think “poor people.” But America’s biggest welfare recipients are often politically connected corporations—like America’s sugar producers. The industry gets… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Frederic Bastiat, a French economist and member of the French National Assembly, lived from 1801 to 1850. He had great admiration for our country, except… Read More
SocietyCommentary
My fellow Americans. Given that the Democratic Party chose to select a recently defeated political candidate to give a response to the president’s State of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
San Francisco is one of the richest cities it the world. It’s given us music, technology, and elegant architecture. Now it gives us filthy homeless… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and human rights activist. Born in 1925, he met his death at the hands of an assassin in 1965…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
President Donald Trump has an opportunity to do what Congress should be doing, but isn’t: Help Americans who are on food stamps transition to work…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Those calling for a government-funded universal basic income are acting as though it’s a hot new idea. It’s not. It’s been tried before—and it didn’t work…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
The federal government’s official poverty figures for 2017, the first year of the Trump administration, were released Wednesday, showing an improvement over those of its… Read More
SocietyNews
The 60 Plus Association was created more than 25 years ago as an alternative to the AARP for American seniors. Earlier this year, longtime conservative… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Despite a booming economy and a record-low unemployment rate nationally, at least one state has been working overtime to ensure its work-capable food stamp recipients… Read More
EconomyNews
President Donald Trump said in remarks at the White House recently that 3.5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps. Verdict: True The number… Read More
EconomyCommentary
On the same day that Venezuela’s “democratically” elected socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, whose once-wealthy nation now has citizens foraging for food, announced he was lopping… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Editor’s note: The issue of separating children from adults who cross into America illegally, and Maxine Waters’ related call for incivility, prompted a wave of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Few policy reforms have been as popular as welfare-to-work. Why, then, is the U.S. Senate trying to kill state efforts at encouraging able-bodied adults to… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano welcome Reaching America President Derrick Hollie to talk about his organization’s innovative solutions… Read More
