The major tax and economic policies of President Trump’s second term have increased taxes and household costs for most Americans except the richest 1%.

How ICE activity affects jobs and the economy: state-level estimates of employment effects for immigrant and U.S.-born workers, from NBER research.

An estimated 300 CDC employees remain in limbo—receiving federal pay and benefits but unable to work—as litigation over HHS restructuring continues.

Trump wants to add a citizenship question and ban questions on race

Understanding the health consequences of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it.

Understanding the health consequences of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it.

The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the 2030 Census. Public comment closes October 13, 2026. Here's what's proposed and how to weigh in.

The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the 2030 Census. Public comment closes October 13, 2026. Here's what's proposed and how to weigh in.

Here’s How We Fix It

U.S. net migration may be negative in 2026, threatening GDP growth, Social Security, and long-term fiscal stability.

The final “public charge” rule broadens the range of benefits used in determining public charge status, allows officials to consider benefits used by family members, and eliminates regulatory guardrai...

Anti-Muslim sentiment is used as a political weapon. Meanwhile, Muslim American leaders are making a difference for all

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other public health organizations periodically create lists of significant public health achievements in the United States and globally.

Although TANF’s model is not successful in moving families to economic stability, Republicans adopted some of its approach in the harmful 2025 reconciliation law, expanding SNAP’s harsh work requireme...

The consequences of disruptions to the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System are falling heaviest on already-vulnerable populations.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has proposed sweeping changes to the federal grant-making process. The federal government, through the agencies of the Department of Health and Human Se...

There was a time, up until approximately 1980, when the US had a similar life expectancy to other high-income nations,1 but our fall from that place has been rapid, and we now rank 46th in the world.2...

We have 45 days to express our opposition to catastrophic changes.

Escobari, Seyal, and Beach find the 2025 ICE enforcement surge cost 668,000 jobs across U.S. cities, including jobs held by American-born workers.