Articles and analysis on today's issues
In a first-of-its-kind analysis, we find that though 60 percent of US adults report being aware of Trump accounts, awareness is not evenly distributed across the population.
Work patterns over time—not in a single month—show how working adults use SNAP The White House Council of Economic Advisers analyzed a single month of data to argue for additional work requirements for SNAP participants.Child care support is critical for advancing job training and workforce development A new survey shows how local workforce development boards are aiming to help low-income parents.Disaster aid eligibility processes risk cutting out low-income households in need When damage falls below an eligibility threshold, households can be left behind by disaster recovery efforts.LeBron James’s I Promise School puts a public face to the evidence-based approach of whole-family intervention The school is a bold, public experiment in whole-family community intervention, and it is rooted in strong evidence and a proven model.First-time homebuyers will continue to dominate the mortgage market Compared with repeat buyers, first-timers have dominated the mortgage market for the past 10 years.