Welfare

The expanded child tax credit's effects were profound. It contributed massively to the record-low child poverty rate in 2021, cutting child poverty by a third.

Oliver Anthony's lyrics invoke racist tropes of welfare queens and ultimately stigmatize people with obesity.

Oliver Anthony has no reason to care what bow-tied pundits north of Richmond think of his song.

Republican legislatures are passing basic good-government reforms, only for Democratic governors to block them from becoming law.

The land of the free is suffering from a "self-inflicted" injustice when it comes to poverty, experts told Newsweek.

In their quest for a scalp, any scalp, in the debt ceiling fight, House Republicans have fallen back on an old hobbyhorse from the pre-Trump GOP.

The first goal should be to give the American people a sense of hope—a reason to believe things can be dramatically better.

The overarching governing philosophy in San Francisco is to spend.

The man is believed to have died in May 2018.

Benjamin Reed allegedly stabbed and killed Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigator Diedre Silas Tuesday, police said.

In the United States and abroad, strengthening families needs to be front and center in promoting social mobility across generations. And this is doubly true for people wishing to combat inequality.

Earlier this week, Favre repaid $600,000 to the state after having already given back $500,000 of the $1.1 million the auditor said he took from a nonprofit.

Some are now asking whether our approach to constitutional law is worth keeping, if it fails to protect life and families. Why not ask the same of our economic and health care systems?

The "stealth dole" will send no-strings checks to everyone with a child, whether or not they ever work—recreating the horrible social dynamics that led Reagan and Gingrich to campaign against welfare in the first place.

Democrat and Republican negotiators are said to be closing in on a new package, but there remains some uncertainty over the eligibility for direct payments.

Research finds no correlation between the generosity of unemployment benefits and job finding.

There is another subtle reason to be wary of calls to "defund the police."

If you're unsure of how to claim unemployment benefits, Newsweek has you covered.

The benefits can be used to purchase food.

A secretive group released a flock of pigeons donning MAGA hats on Tuesday to coincide with the 2020 Democratic Debate and Trump's visit to Las Vegas. Animal rights groups say the stunt is "cruel" and "absurd."

The proposed rule change is expected to increase the number of disability reviews and cut benefit payouts by more than $2 billion.

"I could say 'I'm sorry' but it wouldn't mean anything because tomorrow I'm just going to get out and get my drugs."

"Unfortunately, automatic eligibility has expanded to allow even millionaires and others who simply receive a TANF-funded brochure to become eligible for SNAP when they clearly don't need it."

"Our findings suggest work requirements may increase the risk that families with working adults will lose access to nutrition, health care, housing, and cash assistance benefits if these policies do not account for scheduling practices prevalent in the low-wage job market," said the report.

Some low-wage workers are reluctant to accept promotions or raises because it will reduce their amount of government housing assistance and make it harder to make ends meet.

One in seven immigrants avoided public benefit programs in 2018 out of fear of risking future green card status, the Urban Institute found in a report out Wednesday morning.

"There's not the same kind of stigma. And, you know, I'm not saying that there should be, but there should be some desire to not have to take a handout," Trish Regan said.

After instituting a $1.5 trillion tax cut, the Senate majority leader said Tuesday that the only way to lower the record-high federal deficit would be to cut entitlement programs.

"It's worse than a child, you've relegated them to the status of a pet."

The sheriff's office used a helicopter and 40 deputies to detain protesters.