Articles and analysis on today's issues
DC business leaders praise the District’s innovative, family-friendly child care policies and offer recommendations for how the child care and business sectors can overcome persistent affordability challenges.
DeVos opposes regulation. What will that mean for higher education? The new education secretary's positions on K–12 education provide clues about how she might work with Congress to change higher education.What TANF can teach us about block granting social services House Speaker Paul Ryan has sought to convert safety net programs like Medicaid into block grants, but the results of welfare reform present a cautionary tale.Updating mortgage servicing now will ensure the mortgage market better serves all Americans Servicing mortgages is key to a healthy housing market, but remains expensive and complicated due to regulations put in place to respond to the housing crisis.Seeding and spreading innovation to reduce jail use Reforming how we deliver public safety entails changing how thousands of independently operated justice agencies do business.Repealing the ACA could worsen the opioid epidemic The coverage expansions and protections under the Affordable Care Act have helped lessen the opioid epidemic and save lives.Can Trump make Mexico pay for the wall? The president's proposal to tax Mexican imports and exports to pay for a border wall has fundamental budget and logic flaws.