Michelle Sternthal is a visiting senior fellow at The Century Foundation, working at the intersection of healthcare, consumer protection, and economic ...

More than half of states have made progress on care over the past two years, with Virginia, New York, Nebraska, Washington, and Michigan leading the way in gains. Still, twenty-nine states have grades ...

The first day of school is just around the corner, and families across the country are stocking up on notebooks, pencils, and juice boxes for the year ...

A New Federal Voucher Program Poised to Ramp Up School Segregation ...

These results provide context to other surveys over the past year that show healthcare costs at or near the top of Americans’ financial worries—often ahead of food, housing, and utilities. Healthcare ...

The most headline-grabbing economic effects of the Iran war are immediate, directly felt in consumers’ daily life: Pump prices are up 35 percent, and the spiking cost of a barrel of oil is sure to ...

Six days after the Trump administration went to war with Iran, the Pentagon reported it had already spent $11.3 billion on the offensive. At the time of writing, spending on the war had continued at ...

The Century Foundation (TCF) and Protect Borrowers’ analysis of credit panel data finds that Americans are struggling under the weight of owing more credit card debt than at any point in history.

President Trump failed to repeal and replace the ACA in 2017. However, CBO projects that his policies will lower the number of Americans helped by the law’s tax credits and Medicaid expansion by 16.5 ...

A Backdoor School Voucher Scheme That Sidesteps Civil Rights and Undermines Public Oversight ...

The past several decades have seen widespread adoption of a “high-tuition, high-aid” financing model at colleges and universities across the country. But despite the surge in financial aid volume that ...

Free Child Care Would Help Families Afford a Better Life ...