Center on Children and Families

A pedestrian walks across New Jersey Avenue in front of the U.S. Capitol building, on largely deserted streets, as a major snow storm hits the Washington area, closing U.S. Federal Government offices for the day and shutting down much of the city of Washington February 13, 2014. A deadly and intensifying winter storm packing heavy snow, sleet and rain pelted a huge swath of the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, grounding flights and shuttering schools and government offices. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - GM1EA2D1QAN01

Lots of plans to boost tax credits: which is best?

Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Farmers John Lader (L) and Austin Arndt are pictured on Arndts property just outside Janeseville, Wisconsin, U.S. November 10, 2016. Like many other rural Americans they voted for Donald Trump, in their case because of specific promises the Republican president-elect made to create jobs, cut taxes and repeal Obamacare. Picture taken on November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Carey - RTSXPQ4

Isabel Sawhill on “The Forgotten Americans”

Isabel V. Sawhill

Friday, January 11, 2019

Governors Kasich and Hickenlooper talk with Brookings Senior Fellow Richard Reeves at the launch event for Isabel Sawhill's book, The Forgotten Americans, on October 10, 2018.

Top ten 2018 reads on the Future of the Middle Class

Richard V. Reeves and Katherine Guyot

Friday, December 28, 2018

Dec 18, 2018; Los Angeles, CA, USA; People skate around a Christmas tree outside of the Staples Center before an NHL game between the Winnipeg Jets and the Los Angeles Kings. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports - 11869604

Yes, families do eat dinner together. Happy Holidays!

Richard V. Reeves and Sarah Nzau

Friday, December 21, 2018

Safe Passage worker Irene Fonder helps two Sherwood Elementary School children cross an intersection in the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States, September 8, 2015. The fourth-largest U.S. public school system is not cutting corners when it comes to the $17.8 million annual budget for safety patrols that watch over children walking to school through neighborhoods plagued by gang violence. The school district has expanded the two-year-old Safe Passage program to seven additional schools this year, bringing it to a total of 140 of Chicago's 660 public schools. REUTERS/Jim Young - GF10000197899

A good-enough early childhood

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Lauranda Mignery (L) watches her sons, Kadin Mignery, 2, (C) and Collin Mignery, 5, as they play on their front porch in St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S. November 15, 2016. Picture taken November 15, 2016. To match Special Report USA-LEAD/TESTING REUTERS/Whitney Curtis - RC1D32EE2110

Worse than foster care? Why not imagine something better for maltreated children?

Jeremy Kohomban and Ron Haskins

Thursday, December 13, 2018

A worker walks past second-hand robots in a factory in Shanghai, August 21, 2015. More than a hundred second-hand robots used to make Audi A3s at a German car factory are going through refurbishment at a Wecan Group factory in Shanghai. Picture taken August 21, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song - GF10000184124

The robots are coming. Let’s help the middle class get ready.

Harry J. Holzer

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Homeowner Gary Gless leans over his balcony, as drilling wells are seen in the background, in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2013. The United States has a long history of keeping industrial activity out of middle and upper-middle-class residential neighborhoods. But that is starting to change with the spread of new technology for oil and gas drilling, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Freeport-McMoRan, part of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, said that, for the past three years, its surveys of the oilfield and surrounding communities have found no connection between its activities and "localized claims of property damage." It said it would continue to evaluate the issue. Picture taken December 11, 2013. To match Analysis FRACKING-HOMEOWNERS/ REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ENERGY) - GM1E9CC1QBF01

Middle class incomes have slumped, stagnated or grown, depending on the measure

Richard V. Reeves

Friday, December 7, 2018

Hewlett-Packard ProLiant commercial data servers destined for cloud computing are assembled by workers at a company manufacturing facility in Houston November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Donna Carson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - TM4E9BJ1OPO01

How the Great Recession hurt the middle class—twice

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a break in a House Democratic Caucus meeting where she was nominated to be Speaker of the House for the 116th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1DE83D3A60

Democrats have the House, now they need an economic agenda that gives Americans better-paying jobs

Isabel V. Sawhill

Thursday, November 29, 2018