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.
Using Pennsylvania as a case study to understand the local impact of ACA repeal Under a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act through reconciliation, Urban Institute projects an increase of 956,000 in uninsured Pennsylvanians by 2019.Blocking funds to sanctuary cities could hurt all Americans Cuts to federal funding in so-called "sanctuary cities" could severely damage the national economy and undermine public safety.Carson’s health background could be good for housing As Carson crafts his goals for HUD, he should look to emerging cross-sector collaborations across the country that are improving health outcomes through housing.Financially insecure residents can cost cities millions In findings released today, the Urban Institute examines the cost of residents’ financial insecurity to city budgets in 10 American cities.The student loan scandal doesn’t mean there’s a student loan crisis We should not conflate alleged corruption among companies that service student loans with a student loan “crisis.”Retaining the current price for government mortgages is a good idea A close look at the mortgage price reduction recently suspended by the Trump administration reveals that the impact on the market would have been small.