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Jeffrey Miron A critical issue for the school choice movement is how charter and voucher programs treat religious schools. Supreme Court decisions from 2002 and 2022 hold that the Constitution’s…

Chris Edwards I’ve described 10 ways that criminals steal from the food stamp program. This is an important issue because the program, run by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA),…

Jeffrey A. Singer On May 29, Texas lawmakers approved HB 2038, a bill that could significantly expand access to health care by tapping into a long-overlooked resource: immigrant and unmatched…

Colleen Hroncich A microschool in a converted bus? Depending on your perspective, it may sound crazy, or it may sound amazing. To former public school teacher Sarah Harrington, who was…

David J. Bier Student visas are the primary jumping-off point for most high-skilled immigrants to the United States. Immigrants study at America’s elite universities and then find jobs here when…

Peter Goettler In ten years as president of Cato, I’ve come to appreciate that our work doesn’t always score immediate wins for liberty. Sometimes it’s the constancy and consistency of…

Alex Nowrasteh and Krit Chanwong In a 2003 paper, economist George Borjas used an innovative method to controversially find that immigration had a negative effect on the relative wages of native-born workers…

Sophia Bagley One criticism we’ve seen of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is that it could actually worsen the federal government’s budget deficit. Because DOGE is involved in…

Jeffrey A. Singer, Terence Kealey, and Bautista Vivanco The MAHA Report, released by Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in late May amid much fanfare, was…

Jeffrey A. Singer Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., told listeners on the “Ultimate Human” podcast yesterday that he might prevent government researchers from publishing…