Temporary Assistance For Needy Families

New research shows whites are less supportive of government benefits if they believe the recipients will primarily be people of color.

• By Tom Jacobs

Trump's executive order to enforce work requirements on social safety net recipients ignores the barriers to steady employment those folks already face.

• By Dwyer Gunn

How current policies are keeping single mothers down and out of school.

• By Lara Burt

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.

• By Frances Fox Piven

A new law that restricts low-income families' access to financial assistance perpetuates a long tradition of stigmatizing the poor.

• By Aleta Sprague