Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, has made a statement that applies across the Western democratic world but which few other mainstream politicians ever dare utter. The welfare state, he said, was ...

At the end of August, Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for an 'autumn of reform,' paving the way for a broad debate across ...

Australia is now a "home owner's welfare state", leading economists argue, and if the tax treatment of housing were reformed, ...

Despite being the largest and most visible states in the United States, California and New York are not the territories with ...

When Donald Trump won the presidency the first time, liberal internationalists set out to rethink their doctrines. Hillary Clinton’s aide Jake Sullivan commented that he had “the humility of the ...

Why should Connecticut's electricity grid be incorporated into the state's welfare system? Why are electricity users in the state who pay their own electric bills being charged extra to subsidize ...

Members of a West Virginia Legislature interim committee Sunday received updates on systems meant to hold child placement agencies accountable and provide better communication between the state and ...

A recent federal policy brief on North Carolina’s past child welfare reform efforts didn’t mince words: “Children in North Carolina suffer the consequences of an inadequate child welfare system.” But ...

My name is Robert Rector. I am a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing any official position ...

(The Center Square) – Reinstating work requirements for some welfare recipients found support across the aisle on Wednesday. It’s a notable change after the partisan nature of the debate in recent ...