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.
The big tax changes in the House GOP health plan The American Health Care Act repeals nearly all the tax changes made by the ACA intended to increase health insurance coverage and reduce health care costs.Six ways rising interest rates will affect the housing and mortgage markets After three decades of decline, mortgage interest rates have started to rise. What does this mean for the housing and mortgage markets?Improving the lives of kids in public housing Children tend to be forgotten in debates on public housing policies, and few policy or program initiatives respond to the challenges they face.What the research says about immigrants hasn’t changed The majority of immigrants are not to be feared but should be recognized for their economic, social, civic, and cultural contributions to this country.Don’t let student borrowers off tax free A bipartisan proposal to allow employers to help pay off employees’ student loans would do nothing to help those who are struggling to repay their loans.