Welfare

The Trump administration wants to keep out immigrants who burden the American taxpayer. How big is that burden really?

An anti-SNAP campaign in Washington, D.C., and proposed legislation to reduce the social safety net are both feeding off well-worn myths around welfare recipients.

The Earned Income Tax Credit is now the biggest (and most popular) anti-poverty program in the country. But can the Internal Revenue Service handle an even bigger EITC?

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

When agribusiness claims to practice "humane" treatment, we must ask for a higher burden of proof.

Hundreds of thousands of the poorest Americans will lose their food stamps this year. What will become of them?

Republicans want to give states more control over education, health care, welfare, and, well, everything.

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.

What it's like to survive on developing-world wages in the developed world.

Looking for answers in the research.

When it comes to racial inequality, most of the political conversation centers on black poverty. But this ignores a segment of black America that has attained some measure of success and is being held back from achieving more.

For the month of April we're profiling the individuals who made our inaugural list of the 30 top thinkers under 30, the young men and women we predict will have a serious impact on the social, political, and economic issues we cover every day here at Pacific Standard.

There's one way to enter the child-welfare system and make it out in one piece: luck.

A new report from The Sentencing Project assesses the damage of a Clinton-era policy.

New research confirms that hungry people are more supportive of social welfare programs. But that doesn’t mean they’re actually more likely to share.

As calls to cut the U.S. food stamp program are growing shriller, know that their explosive growth and wide distribution during the recession was built in as a feature, not a defect.

New research from Europe finds people in need of a meal express more positive views regarding those receiving public assistance.

A new study on unlocking health insurance from employment created fears of a widespread rush for welfare benefits. But what it will really do is open the door to a freer pursuit of better jobs.