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

Free Cash, No Strings Attached

Alieza Durana

July 10, 2018 5:50 AM

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

Rachel Black and Aleta Sprague

June 22, 2018 12:14 PM

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

May 04, 2018 6:21 PM

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

Mike Pesca

Feb 01, 2018 1:42 PM

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