The Global Gag Rule is Back and Bigger Than Ever
Nearly 8 years ago, one of then-newly-inaugurated US president Barack Obama’s earliest executive orders reversed the global gag rule, a rule banning non-governmental [...]
Poverty
Welfare Gap
With a new Republican majority, those of us who care about the poor are steeling for a new round of cuts to benefits. To his credit, Trump didn’t run [...]
Social Welfare and Fraud
My friend and I recently discussed his frustrations with government assistance programs. We supervise inmates from the local county jail and many inmates mention their past [...]
Minimum Wage Increase
Of all of the policy agendas associated with Bernie Sanders, a $15 minimum wage is one of the most likely to be feasible in the short term. Whether one uses metrics of [...]
Whole Foods: Thinning People and Wallets Alike
Out in a small town, a 20-year-old scratches his scruffy beard contemplating whether or not to buy kale. He adjusts his thick-rimmed glasses to look at the price label, [...]
