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Child Tax Credit
August 20, 2021
Bryce Covert
The End of “the End of Welfare As We Know It”
We might be witnessing the demise—in uneven fits and starts—of Democrats’ poisonous “reform” thinking. All it took was a global health catastrophe.
July 12, 2021
Michael Tomasky
This Is an Important Week. Thank Rosa DeLauro.
Expanded child tax credit checks start going out to families this week. Finally, we have a government that is redistributing wealth in the right direction.
April 28, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
On Biden’s American Families Plan and Resisting the Conservative Politics of Care
The president’s forthcoming proposal on care could both meaningfully address the current crisis and open up space for more radical demands about work and family life.
March 11, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Year That Broke Care Work
The crisis of care is not new for low-income parents. The pandemic just spread the pain—and created new audiences for old solutions.
October 11, 2016
Clio Chang
Hillary Clinton is getting ready to govern.
February 14, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Rubio’s child tax credit isn’t friendly to poor families (by design).
March 4, 2015
Danny Vinik
Marco Rubio and Mike Lee's Tax-Reform Plan Isn't Terrible, But It Has One Fatal Flaw
February 20, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
What Some Conservatives Call Kids Now: "Human Capital"
January 26, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Republicans' Tax Plan Fails Families. So Does Obama's.
Here's how to really help struggling parents
August 5, 2014
Danny Vinik
House Republicans Have Voted to Increase the Debt by Nearly $1 Trillion This Year
July 28, 2014
Danny Vinik
House Republicans Just Passed Another Tax Cut for the Rich—While Hurting the Poor
July 7, 2014
Danny Vinik
Is Paul Ryan Breaking Up With His Wonk Buddies?
The coming fight among conservative intellectuals
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