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.
Is Detroit’s “Rehabbed and Ready” program the answer to the city’s appraisal problem? This public-private partnership has the potential to increase traditional sales in a housing market otherwise dominated by distressed property sales.Could permit-to-purchase laws help prevent the next mass shooting? Permit-to-purchase laws require that firearm buyers obtain a license before purchasing certain types of firearms.Medicaid expansion could make health insurance affordable for 5.6 million Many Americans fall into the assistance gap: too rich for Medicaid, but too poor for discounted private insurance in the ACA marketplaces.LGBTQ youth locked in a cycle between the justice system and the streets Many of the youth who depend on survival sex often committed crimes because they were homeless and couldn’t meet their basic needs.What David Brooks gets wrong about mass incarceration Brooks concludes that "harsh laws are not the main driver behind mass incarceration." The reality is a bit more complex.