There is cause for concern regarding the viability and health of many state unemployment insurance trust funds, and federal policies to promote job creation are the single most important determinant of solvency.

While the U.S. labor market has deteriorated in the last few months, aggregate conditions are not worse than they were when extended unemployment insurance benefits were enacted in 2002.

How does the government measure poverty in America? What are the pros and cons of its methods?

US government foreign assistance health programs are currently focused on combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, which account for several million deaths each year across Africa. The United States should prioritize sustaining the hard-won gains in disease control, which requires focusing on programs with proven track records of success and addressing failures within those programs.

Little has changed in the way the federal government measures poverty since 1965.

We have made progress in the forty years since the War on Poverty, but we must address more issues to help theAfrican-Americancommunity.

The president should pursue reformthat encourages health insurance and preserves progressive tax treatment.

This article provides an overview of the U.S. health care reform debate and legislation, with a focus on health insurance.