A Welfare-Bashing Country Song Has Made an Unknown a Superstar. We’ve Been Here Before.

Josh Levin

Aug 18, 2023 1:44 PM

Welfare “Reform” Created Slush Funds Ripe for Favre-Type Fraud

Political Gabfest

Sept 29, 2022 4:15 PM

The Reporter Who Uncovered the Brett Favre Welfare Scandal on What Comes Next

Hang Up and Listen

Sept 26, 2022 7:36 PM

Guaranteed Basic Income Is Surprisingly Economical

Better Life Lab

May 10, 2022 7:00 AM

The IRS’s Abandoned Facial Recognition Is Just the Tip of a Harmful Biometric Iceberg

Katelyn Cioffi and Victoria Adelmant

Feb 14, 2022 4:20 PM

Red States Are Now Paying Unemployment Benefits to Anti-Vaxxers Who Quit Their Jobs

William Saletan

Nov 30, 2021 7:43 PM

Biden’s Pandemic Preparedness Plan Is Spending Money in the Wrong Places

Mary Harris

Oct 06, 2021 12:45 PM

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?

What Next

Oct 06, 2021 5:00 AM

How Conservative Lawyers Accidentally Helped Biden De-Trumpify the Government

Mark Joseph Stern

July 13, 2021 4:18 PM

How Poverty Taught Me to Get Every Dollar I Deserve From Coronavirus Relief

Ruth Fowler

March 11, 2021 1:51 PM

The Stimulus Bill Punishes Parents Behind on Child Support. Now Is Not the Time.

Stephane D. Andrade, Brittany Pearl Battle, and Maretta McDonald

April 01, 2020 3:17 PM

The Supreme Court Just Let Trump Revive a Nativist Immigration Ban

Mark Joseph Stern

Jan 27, 2020 4:44 PM

How Did David Grann, Eliza Griswold, and James Forman Jr. Write Their Books?

June 10, 2019 8:53 AM

The Most Shocking Statistic About Poverty in America Was Probably Wrong All Along

Jordan Weissmann

June 05, 2019 11:05 PM

How Linda Taylor Saved One Family and Destroyed Another

Josh Levin

June 03, 2019 5:01 AM

The Original “Welfare Queen” Got Convicted. Then Other Women Were Made to Suffer for Her Crimes.

Josh Levin

May 21, 2019 5:45 AM

Was Linda Taylor a Scapegoat or a Menace?

Josh Levin

May 20, 2019 5:01 AM

Trump Administration Plans to Toughen Food Stamp Work Requirements, Even Though Congress Just Rejected That Idea

Molly Olmstead

Dec 20, 2018 8:46 AM

California Agency Has Monitored Welfare Recipients Using License Plate Readers Since 2016

Aaron Mak

Aug 14, 2018 12:28 PM

The Netherlands Fines Welfare Recipients Who Don’t Dress Appropriately. Guess How That’s Going.

Olga Mecking

Aug 01, 2018 3:18 PM