Welfare programs are structured poorly and punish people for working to climb out of poverty. An estimated 710,000 Illinoisans have intentionally hurt their own economic advancement to keep welfare ...

Work requirements for government assistance aren’t a punishment. They are meant to restore purpose to people’s lives. I have seen this firsthand. I lived it. I grew up in poverty, surrounded by family ...

Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill isn’t just a modern assault on SNAP and Medicaid — it’s the revival of a 150-year-old ...