Tag: education
President Biden has said he wants to increase the benefits in a federal program for low-income children and adults with disabilities. But a long-running debate about the program is whether the direct cash assistance helps children when they grow up. The Supplemental Security Income program, or SSI, clearly has immediate benefits. SSI provides nearly $800…
As technology transforms the work world, jobs that were once routine might now require good interpersonal skills or the ability to quickly adjust to the situation at hand. The people bearing the brunt of these challenges are the same people who were already at a disadvantage in the labor force: workers who never attended colleg…
