Research Shows Immigrants Are Not a Drain on U.S. Resources
The Trump administration wants to keep out immigrants who burden the American taxpayer. How big is that burden really?
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Welfare
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Dismantling Misrepresentations of Food Stamp Recipients
An anti-SNAP campaign in Washington, D.C., and proposed legislation to reduce the social safety net are both feeding off well-worn myths around welfare recipients.
Food-Stamp Fear Mongers and the Racist Politics of Hunger
Food-stamp fear mongers suggesting low-income undocumented immigrants are disproportionately consuming the $55.7 billion spent on the Supplemental Nutrition…
With Financial Liberty and Social Justice for All
It’s time to renew the social contract between government and the financial sector. By Sade Bruce (Photo: Ian…
Incentives Shouldn’t Shape Public-Assistance Policy
We’re writing laws based on how we think people behave, not how they actually do. By Kalena Thomhave…
Twenty Years Ago, We Reformed Welfare
Here’s what we did wrong, and what we can do to fix it. By Dwyer Gunn President Bill…
Improving the State of Our Welfare State
How the social safety net was knit — and how it might still be strengthened. By Reid Cramer Bill Clinton…
Why Work for Welfare Doesn’t Work
Challenging our policies and perspectives on welfare and hunger. By Kalena Thomhave (Photo: Tim Boyle/Getty Images) Hi, you’ve…
Is the IRS Ready for a ‘Tax War on Poverty’?
The Earned Income Tax Credit is now the biggest (and most popular) anti-poverty program in the country. But can the Internal Revenue Service handle an even bigger EITC?
