The Puerto Rican governor’s plan to implement work requirements for welfare recipients is a cruel political ploy, not a policy solution.
Manuel Madrid
Manuel Madrid is a Washington, D.C.–based freelance journalist and former Prospect writing fellow. His work has also appeared in Bolts magazine, the Miami New Times, and Caracas Chronicles.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Democratic Senators Denounce Federal Indifference Toward Puerto Rico
To mark the 101st anniversary of Puerto Ricans gaining U.S. citizenship, members of Congress and advocates for the territory met to explore its serious, persistent problems.
Posted inWorking in America
The Happiest Place On Earth? Not For Disney Employees
Disney employees in Florida and California cry foul as the entertainment giant uses promised one-time bonuses as a bargaining chip against higher pay raises.
Posted inWorking in America
Amazon Warehouses May Leave Cities Worse For Wear
A new report finds that localities with Amazon warehouses haven’t seen an overall boost in employment.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Jeff Sessions Is Just Getting Started on Deporting More Immigrants
He’s speeding up their hearings, and if that leads to expelling exemplary immigrants on whose paperwork the government is sitting—well, that’s tough.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What Republicans Have Learned from Their Tax Cut Debacles: Nothing
Despite the failures of trickle-down economics in Kansas and Oklahoma, Nebraska seems poised to give it a go.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Other Imperiled Immigrants
For no good reason, other than spite and symbolism, Trump goes after Central American immigrants with Temporary Protected Status.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Booze, Women, and Movies: Chuck Grassley Couldn’t Be More Wrong about Taxpayers
Grassley’s characterizations of ordinary Americans are not only callous, but also patently false.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
On the Edge of Deportation, Haitians Hold Out for Hope on TPS
The threat of deportation has cast a shadow over Thanksgiving for tens of thousands of Haitians living in the country under Temporary Protected Status.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Fossil-Free Finance
The surprising successes of the divestment movement as an anti-carbon organizing strategy