In recent decades, policy research has focused on proposed and newly developed government programs and has tended to neglect concrete analysis of continuing ones.

Many school lunch programs don't deliver a meal that kids will eat.

The poor in America are far more likely to be at risk of death and disease because of overeating than starvation.

The poor in America are far more likely to be at risk of death and disease because of overeating than starvation.

There is good reason to hope that the Republicans will free localities from the straightjacket of federal bureaucracy without unreasonably cutting financial support.

America's favorite antipoverty program is Head Start, and no one is a bigger fan than Bill Clinton.

Federal feeding programs may be only a small part of the cause of America's growing weight problem, but they urgently need to be part of the cure.

What is the future of the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation?