Tag: spending priorities
Getting poorer while working harder: The ‘cliff effect’
Susan R. Crandall, University of Massachusetts Boston
Forty percent of all working-age Americans sometimes struggle to pay their monthly bills.
There is no place in...
The GOP’s poor arguments for doubling down on SNAP’s work requirements
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan
Republicans aim to tighten the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s work requirements as part of the farm bill Congress is debating.
These...
Why Trump’s infrastructure ambitions are likely to stall
Caroline Nowacki, Stanford University and Kate Gasparro, Stanford University
President Donald Trump recently raised the ante with his promise to unleash a wave of new...
Trump’s push for self-sufficiency misses the point of safety net programs
David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Kristina Lambright, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Here’s how Office of Management and...
EXPLORING NATURE
What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...
Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee
When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
