For many local governments, administering federal food benefits is increasingly becoming an unfunded mandate.
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Death by a Thousand Papercuts
Annie Lowrey explains how the largely hidden “Time Tax,” built on government parsimony and bureaucratic hurdles, screws the poor and working class.
Democrats’ “Branding Problem” Is a Literal One
MAGA has mountains of merch. Why don’t Democrats?
The Bipartisan Roots of Trump’s One Good Education Reform
An unheralded provision in the “big beautiful” tax act creates a beachhead for quality control in higher education that both parties have worked towards for three-quarters of a century. Will it survive?
Amid Ideological Attacks on Higher Ed, Surprising Bipartisan Reforms Bloom
Long sought by both the right and left, the changes could protect consumers and lower costs.

