Social Policy
Vox’s coverage of social policy, from food stamps to paternity leave to gun control.
A gun-toting tea partier and Obamacare: a YouTube love story.
Maybe that’s why it seems like such an obvious policy idea to the rich.
Rand Paul’s got a habit of saying things that aren’t true — about himself and about other Republicans. That’s hurting his brand as a truth-teller.
When Graham disagrees with the conservative base, he doesn’t pander or dodge.
Obamacare Derangement Syndrome: it’s real, and it’s doing terrible damage in red states.
Plus a bonus chart to show what they’re getting right.
Time to retire a dumb talking point about China owning the USA.
Raising the retirement age is a big deal, and awful for the poor.
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Happy Tax Day! Here’s a reminder about the hidden taxes and hidden benefits you won’t see in your refund.
Tax Day doesn’t have to suck — at least not this much.
Psst: income taxes aren’t the only taxes out there.
A majority of money spent on four public benefits programs goes to working families.
Guess how many bricks the 1 percent gets. Just guess.
In fact, state and local governments tax them more than the rich.
The 43-year-old senator brings a very distinct set of policy proposals to the field.
Politicians should stop pushing Americans to take terrible jobs.
These charts and graphs should finally make it clear.
Paul becomes the second Republican to officially enter the presidential field behind Sen. Ted Cruz.
Dubya ran the most banker-friendly administration in American history.
Though he’s been in the Senate only four years, Paul has managed to place himself at the center of many policy debates.
It’s the most radical vision of limited government ever presented by a major American presidential candidate.
And saving the GOP by doing it.
It’s only once you start looking at folks making over $200,000 a year that most people are paying more in income taxes.
Marco Rubio and Mike Lee proposed a seemingly technical change that could be the start of something much, much bigger.
It’s a story about politics, American agriculture, and 15th-century Germany.
It’s actually a sales tax — and therein lies the magic.
It boosts defense spending and includes massive cuts to programs for the poor.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus’ budget goes way, way further than Obama’s.
Cruz may be the most conservative member of the GOP field.
This is what we have to do to take children and child rearing seriously.
Here’s how the House’s, Senate’s, and president’s budgets stack up.
Congress has ignored years of warnings about the need for better laws to catch fraudulent tax returns.
US smoking rates are at a 50-year low. Elsewhere, tobacco is booming.
Inequality in the US is identical to Sweden — and then taxes and spending kick in.
The presidential election is really important, and it’s not about email.
A new study argues that high taxes on the rich are an accident of history.
3 structural advantages for Berkshire-Hathaway.
Seriously, you don’t want to totally eliminate unemployment.
A poll that reveals a huge challenge for liberal and conservative health reformers alike.