Oren and Chris weigh in on the ongoing fight over the Child Tax Credit and discuss more broadly the question of how conservatives should think about supporting familiesāwithout getting mired in 30-year-old fights about welfare.
Families struggling to have the number of children they want, achieve the American dream
Republicans, Independents, and the working and middle classes respond to the pressures facing working families
But older anti-government institutions still need to realise that the mistakes of the 1960s are not being repeated
Strengthening support for working families is not just a popular priority, but a conservative one.
American Compass’ Duncan Braid makes the case for conservatives to support the Child Tax Credit expansion in the Daily Caller
This is a pivotal moment for the conservative movement, which has finally woken up to the reality thatĀ decades of WSJ-style economic policy have been a disasterĀ for working families and thus a disaster for America.
The reformed Child Tax Credit isn’t “welfare”āit’s conservative family policy.
If conservatives want to lead on family policy, they have to be willing to fight for it
Oren Cass joins Fox Business’s Charles Payne to discuss the Cost-of-Thriving Index and economic pressure on American families
American families, across parties and classes, broadly share a definition of the middle class and concern with how the economy has made middle-class life harder.
The New York Times features American Compass’s work leading the development of a conservative family policy.
In the spirit of the holidays, this episode of Policy in Brief focuses on the family and what public policy can do to support this vital institution.
Help working families with the costs of raising children
After decades of intensive effort and investment to create an equitable education system, not least for girls and women, the nation finds itself with a peculiar predicament: It is boys who are falling behind furthest and fastest.
The question of who would pursue non-college pathways, if they were offered, is one that has bedeviled education reform debates for decades.
On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass is joined by Chris Griswold to discuss a proposal to create an online age-verification system to keep kids safe online.
American Compass research director Wells King joins a statement in support of building a truly pro-family policy agenda.
This paper focuses on two related areas where public policy places homemakers at a significant disadvantage: access to social insurance systems and employer benefits.
On family policy,Ā conservatives should avoid two extremes: rebutting any use of government, and assuming that trillions can be spent without negative repercussions.
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