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Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First

by Willis Krumholz | Dec 2, 2020 | Research, Social Capital and the Independent Sector

Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. Key Findings If we are concerned about poverty, inequality, and social mobility, we should be concerned about the collapse of marriage and widespread father-absence–particularly among America’s poor and working-class....

Milton Hershey: Chocolate King, Confectioner, and Creator

by Dave Stanwick | Jun 24, 2020 | American Originals

Born in rural Pennsylvania in 1857, Milton Hershey attended seven different schools and never made it beyond the fourth grade. At fifteen, he found his passion in a Lancaster ice cream parlor making candies. His father, Henry, was a dreamer, chasing oil gushers and...

Liberate the Other Half: Empowering the “Back Row” of America

by Ben Wilterdink | Jun 23, 2020 | Commentary, Social Capital and the Independent Sector

This article was originally published in Merion West. “Rather than cracking down on higher-income Americans, it is past time to liberate the other half.” The recent protests spurred by the killing of George Floyd have renewed efforts to understand and improve the...

Understanding the Artificial and Natural Barriers to Economic Mobility

by Ben Wilterdink | Mar 17, 2018 | Commentary, Social Capital and the Independent Sector

This article originally appeared in Medium. One of the most enduring, and detrimental, stereotypes haunting those who spend their careers helping alleviate poverty is that those struggling with poverty are somehow significantly different from “the rest of us.”...

Reforming Welfare to Reduce Marriage Penalties and Put Children First

Milton Hershey: Chocolate King, Confectioner, and Creator

Liberate the Other Half: Empowering the “Back Row” of America

Understanding the Artificial and Natural Barriers to Economic Mobility

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