Solveig Singleton Earned wage access (EWA) programs allow employees to access their already-earned wages before payday. Employer-sponsored EWA programs are typically funded by fees paid...
Walter Olson In a Monday interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, President Donald Trump said, “The Republicans should say, ‘We want to...
Alan Reynolds In addition to other false claims, President Donald Trump’s recent Wall Street Journal article (“My Tariffs Have Brought America Back”) once again repeated his grandiose...
Romina Boccia Ending the government shutdown restored benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but it also highlighted a broader issue in welfare...
Walter Olson Donald Trump’s most infamous pardons are those he issued to January 6 rioters, which extended clemency to every wrongdoer, no matter how...
Patrick G. Eddington US Sen. Mark Kelly (D‑AZ). In mid-July 1941, anti-interventionist Senator Burton Wheeler (D‑MT) sent 1,000,000 postcards to Americans across the country,...
Jeremy Horpedahl In the summer of 2024, a passage from J.D. Vance’s memoir Hillbilly Elegy gained widespread attention on social media platforms, including X/Twitter. Vance described...
Jennifer Huddleston To date, states have considered over 1,000 bills about artificial intelligence (AI). More than 160 state-level laws have been passed, including everything...
Colleen Hroncich When millions of children struggle to sit still, focus, and conform to rigid classroom expectations, it’s become an epidemic of ADHD and...