“There’s something to the idea that we need more parent-friendly policies. Parenting is rewarding and exhilarating. It’s also exhausting, anxiety-inducing, and expensive. Policymakers can’t lift all that weight from parents’ shoulders, but they can lighten the load,” writes Jon Valant.
In a new piece, Valant explores possible areas of collaboration—such as the child tax credit, school safety measures, and student privacy protections—between the Democratic and Republican parties to support parents of school-age children.
Raising the Social Security full retirement age. Social Security’s costs have exceeded its income from taxes and interest since 2021. Would raising the retirement age help Social Security’s finances? Georgia Nabors and Louise Sheiner assess this question and the potential consequences of reform in a new explainer.
Fentanyl’s impact on Native American communities. American Indian and Alaska Native communities experience the highest drug overdose mortality rates among racial groups in the United States. On the latest episode of The Killing Drugs, Vanda Felbab-Brown speaks with Philomena Kebec about the particularly devastating impact of the epidemic for Native peoples and the urgent need for greater and more tailored resources.
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