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Analysis of state and federal policies affecting access to SNAP (food stamps), TANF (welfare). and other public assistance.

How policies and media representations shape public perceptions of poverty and its root causes.

Analysis of paid family and medical leave policies in the U.S. and globally. 

At a campaign rally in 1976, Ronald Reagan introduced the welfare queen into the public conversation about poverty: “She used 80 names, 30 addresses, 15 telephone numbers to collect food stamps, Social Security, veterans’ benefits for four…

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Public Benefits Policy

Poverty Narratives

Paid Leave

The ‘Welfare Queen’ Is a Lie