Temporary Assistance For Needy Families
Research Shows Alabama's Drug Testing Bill Would Harm Those SNAP Is Supposed to Help
SNAP has become more vulnerable under Trump. Alabama's law could test how far the administration is willing to go to destabilize the program.
Fear of Coming Minority Status Drives White Opposition to Welfare
New research shows whites are less supportive of government benefits if they believe the recipients will primarily be people of color.
Trump Believes We Need to Issue Work Requirements to Social Safety Net Recipients. Research Suggests Otherwise.
Trump's executive order to enforce work requirements on social safety net recipients ignores the barriers to steady employment those folks already face.
TANF and Teachers
How current policies are keeping single mothers down and out of school.
The Future of Work: Why Wage Work Can't Solve the Poverty Problem
The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.
Less Money, More Problems
A new law that restricts low-income families' access to financial assistance perpetuates a long tradition of stigmatizing the poor.