Criminal Justice Black communities are both underpoliced and overpoliced Police sow mistrust with intrusive and humiliating roadside searches of the innocent, leading to less cooperation—and more crime.
Urban Policy A renewed debate over Opportunity Zones? The evidence that tax incentives for businesses alleviate poverty is mixed, at best.
Foster Care States and Congress should protect—not steal—foster children’s Social Security benefits Increasing the number of foster youth who successfully achieve independence will improve lives and reduce other social services costs in the future.
Health Care Is the Veterans’ Community Care Program really that expensive? Giving vets the community-based care they want is not to blame for rising VHA costs.
Housing The Unintended Consequences of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Using the tax code to help people find an affordable place to live has led to bureaucratic morass, fewer homes, and higher housing costs.
Higher Education Unlimited graduate student loans mostly benefit wealthy universities USC and NYU each receive more federal Grad PLUS loans than all HBCUs put together.
Foster Care Foster children are struggling to graduate high school Federal and state policymakers should work to ensure that foster children receive a high-quality education.
Criminal Justice Police and prisons can only do so much about gun violence Policymakers must recognize the limits of relying solely on criminal enforcement to disarm young men at risk.
Health Care A step in the right direction for American veterans How the Community Care Program has transformed the VHA and how it can be improved
Welfare Reform Debt ceiling bill takes the wrong path to fiscal responsibility It is unclear that imposing work requirements on SNAP and Medicaid will make recipients better off or make serious progress against the national debt.
Education Savings Accounts Education savings accounts will provide a lifeline for Texas’s at-risk students With half of Texas’s disadvantaged elementary students struggling to read, parents deserve an opportunity to give their children high-quality education
K-12 Education What if parents knew how public schools are performing? Congress is right to investigate why some states don’t comply with a federal law requiring school transparency.
Higher Education How student loan repayment changes may undermine college accountability Low-quality colleges deterred from participating in the federal student loan program may decide to jump back in.
Nuclear Energy Texas Should Continue to Lead in Nuclear Power Supporting nuclear power is a clear way for Texas to play to its strengths as America’s energy powerhouse and move the world toward a cleaner future.
Foster Care Congress should investigate child welfare agencies taking foster children’s benefits Giving foster children their owed disability and survivor benefits could help them avoid poor life outcomes when they transition to adulthood after leaving state care.
Higher Education A ‘shame list’ for low-financial-value college degrees isn’t nearly enough Making the student loan repayment system more generous won't work without holding colleges accountable.
Student Loans New Biden income-driven repayment rule could cost $361 billion The proposed changes would slash student loan payments and subsidize low-return programs.
K-12 Education Education Savings Accounts are a key equalizer of opportunity in education Equalizing school funding levels, by itself, has not closed the achievement gap. ESAs can drive a new era of innovation.
Higher Education State governments should hire based on skills, not degrees State governments are far more likely than the private sector to needlessly require college degrees for middle-class jobs.
Policing Counterproductive special units led to Tyre Nichols’ death Dismantling special units can improve public safety by putting police officers where they’re most needed.
Nuclear Energy Nuclear fusion will not decarbonize the United States Contrary to hype, building new fission reactors is the best way to create safe, reliable, and greener energy grids in the United States.
Education Savings Accounts Education Savings Accounts Bill Passes the Utah House The Beehive State may overcome union opposition to join Arizona, West Virginia, and Iowa in enacting landmark K-12 reform.
Higher Education Court strikes down Biden loan forgiveness, but now the real work begins Congress must rein in the federal student loan program, which will lend $85 billion to students this year.
Inflation What are the consequences of the tax inflation adjustments? The IRS' latest inflation-based adjustment of U.S. tax brackets may benefit lower-income Americans over higher earners.
K-12 Education NAEP: School Closures Caused U.S. Kids to Fall Further Behind New 4th and 8th grade reading and math assessment results provide more evidence of the costs of prolonged school closures.
