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Find the latest stories, research, and insights on policies, programs, and ideas shaping the national conversation on poverty and economic mobility.
Melania Trump Unveils New Investment Accounts For Foster Children
The first lady, Melania Trump, announced on Thursday a new program to establish savings accounts for foster children, an effort meant to help an economically vulnerable population build equity.
What Liberals Get Wrong About The Middle Class
We’ve persuaded ourselves that many families can no longer achieve the American middle-class dream the way their parents once did. It’s a political hot button, too — both parties claim to be fighting to preserve Middle America. But there’s another, much better way the middle class can shrink — when everyone moves up and gets richer.
New Medicaid Work Rules Worry Patients, Advocates
Trump administration wants ill recipients to prove they can’t work every six months. Doctors, advocates and state officials wonder how.
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