Head Smacker: Professor Epstein Wants People to be Able to Take Jobs at 2 Cents an Hour
Deborah Weinstein,
July 31, 2014
There is a growing support for raising the minimum wage. In fact, 22 states and the District of Columbia have already enacted increases above the federal $7.25 per hour. But that view is not shared by Richard Epstein, professor of law at NYU. He was on the PBS NewsHour on...
Fact of the Week: Americans Want US to Give Shelter and Support to Child Refugees
Lecia Imbery,
July 31, 2014
A new poll by the Public Religion Research Institute sheds some light on what the U.S. public thinks about the child refugee crisis happening along the country’s southern borders. When asked what the U.S. should do about the children who are currently arriving from Central America without their parents, 70 percent...
New Q&A on the Child Refugee Crisis
Lecia Imbery,
July 30, 2014
There are many questions around the current child refugee crisis, including why the children are coming, what protections for them currently exist and what would happen if these protections are taken away, why additional money is needed and when it’s needed, how the public feels about the crisis, and why...
Children Fleeing Violence Need Congress to Act Now
Lecia Imbery,
July 28, 2014
In what has become a true humanitarian crisis, nearly 60,000 refugees, mostly unaccompanied children, have come to the U.S. this year alone. This Wednesday, July 30, the Senate is expected to vote on a bill to provide $2.7 billion in emergency funding to help improve their already desperate situation. The...
Rep. Ryan’s Poverty Plan – Reactions and Resources
Lecia Imbery,
July 24, 2014
Earlier today, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) appeared at an event hosted by AEI to unveil his new plan to fight poverty, “Expanding Opportunity in America.” Rep. Ryan’s plan categorizes his reforms into six different areas, a few of which we’ll discuss here. So-called “Opportunity Grants”: First, Rep....
