SocietyCommentary
Newspaper headlines have been bemoaning that more states will now have to require adults on food stamps—who are able-bodied and without dependents—to work. Since 2009,… Read More
SocietyNews
The war on poverty is a war on work, the authors of a new book that criticizes the nation’s welfare system assert. Phil Harvey, chief… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This piece has been adapted from Crystal Wright’s new book: “Con Job: How Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering, and Racial Division.” It’s well… Read More
SocietyCommentary
According to a new Associated Press/NORC poll, 72 percent of Americans rate “reducing poverty” as “extremely” or “very important.” This includes 62 percent of Republicans,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week President Barack Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services reached the startling conclusion that if massive welfare programs such as food stamps and… Read More
SocietyNews
Food stamp recipients in New York could be barred from using their benefits to purchase “luxury” items like steaks and lobsters if a bill makes… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Poverty and energy poverty go hand in hand. It is estimated that three billion people still rely on solid fuel (firewood, cornstalks, etc.) for cooking, which,… Read More
SocietyNews
A congressman plans to introduce legislation Monday that would block terrorists from receiving food stamps. “I am shocked that our current law does not prevent… Read More
SocietyNews
The Obama administration proposes to provide free lunch to millions of children who lose access to the subsidized meals once the school year comes to… Read More
SocietyNews
A bill that would require drug tests for welfare recipients is slated to be introduced by two Republican lawmakers in South Dakota. State Rep. Lynne… Read More
SocietyNews
Conservatives are considering whether to redeploy a fast-track process known as reconciliation to advance welfare reform and other policy goals in 2016. They ran that… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” – President Lyndon B. Johnson, State of the Union address, January 8,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
2015 was a rough year for American law enforcement. There has been a seemingly unending chorus of anti-police protests, accentuated by inflammatory and often dangerous… Read More
SocietyCommentary
As ads for holiday gifts proliferate on the Internet, the airways, and newspapers, the saga of one surprising present—the gift of “no”—captivated participants at The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How many people are dependent on the federal government? That’s a hard nut to crack. Counting people who rely on the government to sustain their… Read More
SocietyNews
Some taxpayers consider it a sweet idea: Trim the purchase of soda and candy from the benefits provided to food stamp users. The state of Maine… Read More
SocietyFeature
Recovering addict Leann Lecik says her problems all began when she had surgery in the mid-2000s. The former pharmaceutical representative and national sales consultant was… Read More
SocietyNews
Since Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder assumed office, the number of welfare recipients in the state has declined by a staggering 70 percent, according to a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There are jobs are out there, according to data released Nov. 12 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The question is, who wants them? The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The announcement last week that Angus Deaton of Princeton University won the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics offers an opportunity to celebrate the gains the… Read More
SocietyNews
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the state has fewer than 200,000 recipients enrolled in its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Census Bureau’s most recent poverty data was released last week. Predictably, vast expenditures on anti-poverty programs have not budged the numbers: more than 45… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Over the past 10 years, in spite of massive and growing funding of America’s anti-poverty agenda, the percentage of individuals able to support themselves free… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual poverty report. Conventional wisdom holds that the U.S. has a small social welfare system and far more… Read More
SocietyCommentary
This week, the U.S. Census Bureau will release its annual report on income and income inequality. Historically, the official Census figures on inequality are misleading… Read More
SocietyNews
The majority of immigrants in the U.S. receive some form of government welfare, significantly outpacing native-born Americans who use benefit programs, according to a study… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Good news: The number of Americans using food stamps in 2014 declined slightly from the previous year. So why does the 2015 Index of Culture… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Department of Labor has released the results of its two-year evaluation of the federal program Reintegration of Ex-Offenders (RExO), designed to help ex-offenders find… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Federal and state governments spent $1.02 trillion on welfare in 2014—an increase of $274 billion, or 36 percent, since 2003 after adjusting for inflation. At… Read More
SocietyNews
Nasir Sobhani knows first-hand the toll addiction and homelessness can take. Which is why these days the recovering cocaine addict and barbershop owner spends his… Read More
