The Republican-led House passed a bill cutting Medicaid spending by ~$625 billion. A new poll found that just 36% of Americans support it, Dan Hopkins writes| Penn LDI
Proponents claim that adding more work requirements for programs like food stamps (SNAP) and Medicaid will lead to higher levels of employment among low-income adults. But EPI’s research shows that this will not address the underlying challenges these adults face in seeking employment. Such requirements will only curb access to food and health care for many benefit recipients.| Economic Policy Institute
Many of us are aghast at the unprecedented dismantlement of the US administrative state. Mass terminations. Website erasure. Removal of watchdogs. Unchecked access to the treasury. All around me, people are trying to connect what’s happening to historical events. Is this fascism? A hostile corporate takeover? A coup? People want a frame both to understand what’s happening and grapple with what’s coming. Most of the people I know are also struggling to figure out where they can take action.| danah boyd | apophenia
The rulemaking process is a way to get your voice heard: here is how to do it right| donmoynihan.substack.com