Pro Publica investigation: Welfare is no substitute for a Child Tax Credit
Federal child tax credit; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; President Joe Biden; public cash assistance; poverty
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Federal child tax credit; Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; President Joe Biden; public cash assistance; poverty
Some in Congress say the child tax credit isn’t needed because Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is a success. Our reporting found it’s marked by repeated failures.
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM's home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative…
This article was first published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. It was co-published with the Las Vegas Sun.As the 1960s came to their tumultuous end, California Gov. Ronald Reagan c...
A ProPublica series has found that in Nevada and neighboring states, boom times hastened the demise of cash assistance for the poor — but not poverty.