Over the summer, I wrote about cuts to food stamps, formally known as SNAP, in the Republicans’ reconciliation bill. At the time, experts estimated that the bill would force at least 2 million of SNAP’s roughly 42 million recipients to lose their benefits. Unfortunately, it appears that the Trump administration Read more…
Big news in the cash assistance research space this week: there’s a new working paper out that looks at the effects of unconditional cash aid on the cognitive development of children in poverty. Surprisingly, and perhaps disconcertingly to advocates of cash aid such as myself, the study finds that children Read more…
On the Fourth of July, President Trump signed the Republican reconciliation bill into law. A couple weeks ago, I wrote about the devastating impacts that this bill would have on SNAP. Other publications have extensively covered the overall effects of the bill, namely, harming low-income people and helping rich people. Read more…
Despite all the madness of the past week, I want to turn my attention back to the Republicans’ so-called Big Beautiful Bill, which continues to move through Congress. The legislation will do many things, most of which involve taking money from poor people and giving money to rich people. The Read more…