Policing An illegitimate critique of police legitimacy Tactics that erode citizens’ trust in the police make it harder for officers to do their jobs.
K-12 Education The American Academy of Pediatrics regrets the lost 2020-21 school year AAP President to Congress: “I wish that we had been able to come together...to open schools safely and do the right thing for our kids.”
Long-Term Care Will vaccine mandates in nursing homes lead to staff shortages? Healthcare providers who have already implemented COVID-19 vaccine mandates suggest that the threat of walkouts is overblown.
Student Loans America’s richest universities rely on taxpayer-backed graduate loans Ivy League schools get 76% of their federal student aid revenues from taxpayer-backed loans to graduate students.
Housing Making it easier to build low-income housing The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program is too complicated and opaque. What if we made it super simple?
Policing The limits of federal police reform Qualified immunity is off the table in Congress, but there is far more to meaningful police reform.
Student Loans No, colleges aren’t using Covid relief funds to forgive student debt Colleges are clearing unpaid student account balances, which is cheaper—for them—than student loan forgiveness.
Foster Care California to provide a guaranteed income for former foster youth Based on Santa Clara County’s experience, California’s new statewide guaranteed income for foster youth could become a model for the nation.
Health Care Why the Oklahoma State Medical Association endorsed price transparency Oklahoma could be used as a model of other states seeking transparency in healthcare pricing if law makers are willing to turn opponents into proponents through negotiation and cooperation.
Criminal Justice Did ‘defunding’ the police cause the homicide spike? Reduced police budgets are not the cause of increased homicides. But police effectiveness has been hampered by the deep mistrust expressed in recent protests.
Higher Education ‘Free college’ won’t solve the real problems in higher education Students aren’t directly paying for rising higher ed costs. Taxpayers are, through the vast array of government-funded subsidies for postsecondary education.
Higher Education Supreme Court rules college sports are not above antitrust law Colleges and universities get a pass for behavior we would never tolerate elsewhere. A new Supreme Court decision on compensating student-athletes is a first step toward correcting that.
Foster Care Why are state governments taking foster children’s Social Security benefits? We must do more to ensure that orphaned teens don’t succumb to poor life outcomes.
Housing Coons-Cramer housing voucher proposal is a start toward reform Today, housing assistance is bogged down in bureaucracy. A new bill could help make it easier to provide voucher-based assistance to those who need it.
Higher Education Fixing higher education requires more than just spending money The United States already spends more than most other countries on college. The real problem in our higher education system is quality.
K-12 Education How 529 education savings accounts can reduce inequality Research shows that 529 plans increase parental savings, childrens’ assets, mothers’ mental health, and kids’ social and emotional development.
K-12 Education A new bill to expand K-12 opportunities for disadvantaged children The CHOICE Act from Sens. Mike Lee & Tommy Tuberville would help low-income parents use federal education funding to purchase high-quality learning options for their children.
Universal Coverage How single payer health care harms the working poor The New York Health Act would raise costs on 45% of low-income New Yorkers, and devastate the Empire State's economy.
Energy The gasoline shortage is hitting small towns In my small town of Culpeper, Virginia (population 20,000), several stations are completely out of gas and diesel fuel is almost non-existent.
Housing We need more housing, not more spending on housing Biden's housing proposal suggests that what ails American housing “a severe shortage of affordable housing,” implying that the problem is one of price, not supply. What we really need is more housing so that it is affordable.
Student Loans Some questionable student loan math at the Department of Education Official accounting has vastly understated the scale of taxpayer losses on federal student loans.
Energy Biden will fail on climate change if he ignores nuclear power There is no way to slash global greenhouse gas emissions without dramatic increases in the use of nuclear energy. That's what makes President Biden's speech to a joint session of Congress so disappointing.
Higher Education Biden's higher education plan misses the underlying problem The free community college push has its priorities backward. Quality, not price, is generally the problem at community colleges.
Fiscal Policy How Biden's tax hikes harm lower- and middle-income workers Biden's proposed $4 trillion in tax increases will crush job and wage growth, kill investments in startups, and drive businesses to flee the country.
Criminal Justice Chauvin guilty on all counts Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. But this awful episode is emblematic of why our current national situation is untenable.
