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.
Four ways today’s high home prices affect the larger economy House prices today are higher than they were in 2006, the year the housing market started to collapse.Expanding state and local preschool programs to support immigrant families Opening preschool to all children who speak languages other than English would lead to 3,200 new low-income preschoolers.What happens when states defelonize drug possession? Since 2014, five states have reclassified drug possession offenses from a felony to a misdemeanor.What a new dataset can (and can’t) reveal about refugees in America Despite limitations, Annual Survey of Refugees should yield valuable insights into refugee resettlement.Seven strategies to boost Hispanic homeownership Improving Hispanic homeownership is an investment in both the prosperity of Hispanic Americans and in the future of the nation’s economy.Which borrowers should be exempt from making payments on student loans? Policymakers are divided on how much student loan borrowers should pay, and for how long, based on their income.