Free Cash, No Strings Attached

Alieza Durana

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Republicans Are Fixated on Work Requirements for Benefits. This is Part of a Long Policy History Driven by White Racial Resentment.

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Trump’s Work Requirements Will Be Totally Ineffective for Taxpayers and Devastating for Housing Assistance Recipients.

Rebecca Gale

June 20, 2018 11:41 AM

And Now, For His Grand Finale, Paul Ryan Is Trying to Kick a Million People Off Food Stamps

Jordan Weissmann

May 11, 2018 12:06 PM

Three Findings That Could Inform a Future UBI Policy—if We Decide We Want Policies That Work Really Well

Alieza Durana

May 10, 2018 10:00 AM

The Inevitable Clash Between Seattle and Amazon Has Begun

Henry Grabar

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Lyndon Johnson Created the Welfare State That Today’s GOP Hungers to Dismantle

Mike Pesca

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This Cruel New U.K. Welfare Policy Has an Even Crueler Exception

Ruth Graham

April 10, 2017 4:39 PM

Republicans Are Trying to Build a Welfare State That Sucks for Everyone but Mutual Fund Managers

Jordan Weissmann

March 01, 2017 2:27 PM

The Odd Conservative Argument That Food Stamps and Medicaid Saved the Poor From Welfare Reform

Jordan Weissmann

Aug 26, 2016 7:01 PM

How Welfare Reform Failed

Jordan Weissmann

June 01, 2016 5:30 AM

A Million People Are About to Lose Food Stamps Because of Kasich-Clinton Welfare Reform

Ben Mathis-Lilley

Feb 01, 2016 11:57 AM

Maine Governor Vows to Cut Off Asylum-Seekers’ Aid, Is Foiled By Failure to Read State’s Constitution

Beth Ethier

July 08, 2015 12:52 PM

Forget Steak and Seafood: Here’s How Welfare Recipients Actually Spend Their Money

Jordan Weissmann

April 15, 2015 1:04 PM

Kansas Isn’t the Only State Turning Its Back on Poor Families

Jordan Weissmann

April 09, 2015 1:13 PM

Kansas Legislature Bans Spending Welfare Money on Cruises

Amanda Marcotte

April 06, 2015 12:54 PM

The Federal Nutrition Program for Pregnant Women Is a Bureaucratic Nightmare

L.V. Anderson

Feb 17, 2015 4:18 PM

The GOP’s Agenda Is About Solving Problems That Don’t Exist

Jamelle Bouie

Sept 16, 2014 11:25 AM

De Blasio’s Terrible Plan to Reduce Work Requirements for Recipients of Public Assistance

Reihan Salam

June 05, 2014 11:10 AM

Cliven Bundy Is Not a “Welfare Queen”

Amanda Marcotte

April 25, 2014 10:06 AM