1. Sorry Ira: There are Factual Errors in Your Story on Disability Insurance
(Matching tags: children, social insurance, disabilities)

As my colleague Dean Baker has noted, a controversial This American Life piece on disability insurance “got some of the basics wrong” and “failed to recognize the actual importance of the economic ...

2. The NYT and the 'Disorganized Single-Mother' Meme
(Matching tags: poverty, media, children, inequality, working class, marriage)

... ... means preserving low income-tax rates .... [and] creating high-quality preschools for children from disorganized single-parent homes."  I'm all for high-quality preschools, although for reasons that ...

3. NewtAid at 16: The Failure of TANF and Conservative Social Policy
(Matching tags: poverty, children, working class, social insurance)

... Children (AFDC) with a right-wing block grant scheme called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). NewtAid/TANF was prematurely lauded as a success before it had even been fully implemented.  ...

4. Supplemental Security Income for Disabled Kids: A Success Story Conservatives Don't Want to Tell
(Matching tags: SSI, children)

Signed into law by President Nixon, Supplemental Security Income provides basic income supplements to adults and children who have severe disabilities and limited resources. The number of children with ...