Welfare’s been a hot-button issue for decades. Now, under the Trump administration, the conversation is heating up again, this time with renewed claims that the system is being abused, especially by ...

The U.S. welfare system is broken, and the Minnesota scandal is a blaring warning to that reality. The failure of political leaders on many fronts bears some of the blame. But the main culprit is the ...

The United States can save money on welfare and even increase its benefits by making simple changes to welfare programs. We looked at federal spending data from the past few years to see how much the ...

Rachel Sheffield is research fellow in welfare and family policy in the Center for Health and Welfare Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research. The U.S. welfare system is broken, and the ...