Child Support’s $115 Billion Problem
Child support orders that are too high lead to debts that hurt both parents and children. By Dwyer…
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Improving the State of Our Welfare State
How the social safety net was knit — and how it might still be strengthened. By Reid Cramer Bill Clinton…
The State of New Jersey Will Find a Way to Collect Student Debt Even If You’re Murdered
The state’s student-loan program has extraordinarily stringent rules, aggressive collections, and few reprieves, even for borrowers who’ve died.…
Wisconsin’s Grand Child Support Experiment
Here’s what happened when one state let welfare recipients keep their child support payments. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo:…
A New Senate Bill Would Finally Open the Red Cross to Outside Oversight
Senator Charles Grassley introduces the American Red Cross Transparency Act. By Justin Elliott An American Red Cross building…
Not Just a Deadbeat Dad
Eight states across the country are piloting a model of child support enforcement that relies, for the first time ever, more on carrots than on sticks. And it's working better than anything we've seen before.
The Radical Politics of Keeping Your Head in the Clouds
How Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s Cloud Appreciation Society furthers a proud political tradition of doing nothing. By Colette Shade Stare…
Shelf Help: ‘Killing the Competition: Economic Inequality and Homicide’
We’ve long known that areas where inequality is highest have the worst homicide rates. Martin Daly makes the…
Co-Pay Coupons Might Save You Money Now, but They’re Used to Keep Drug Prices High
Consumers love saving money using drug copay coupons. But by upending the benefit structure of health insurers, these…
2015 Was a Good Year for Everyone—Especially the Top 1 Percent
It’s still good to be rich. By Dwyer Gunn (Photo: Jonathan Schrock/Flickr) On Tuesday, Emmanuel Saez, director of…