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New from PPI | July 23, 2009
Aligning Policy with Social Responsibility
By PPI Staff
An essay by Will Marshall, from The National Council to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's new book, Rethinking Responsibility: Reflections on Sex and Accountability.
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Front & Center | December 22, 2006
Kids Get Early Stocking Stuffer: Non-deceptive Advertising
By Michele Stockwell
In deciding to take action against the practice of "buzz marketing," the Federal Trade Commission recognized that "deceptive advertising aimed at children may cause harm," and that "teens and children are more vulnerable to marketing messages than adults."
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Front & Center | May 5, 2006
More Evidence on Sex, Violence, Media, and Children
By Michele Stockwell
Two new scientific reports show that when it comes to children's healthy development, the nature of entertainment media is just as important as the amount of it children consume.
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Backgrounder | April 25, 2006
The Trouble With Class-Interest Populism
By Stephen Rose
Many neo-populist liberals argue that a natural majority of Americans have economic interests that should align them with the Democratic Party -- if only Democrats would make that case. But Stephen Rose uses income and employment data to argue that there are flaws in the case for class-interest populism.
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Front & Center | December 23, 2005
Cable Companies Offer Christmas Present to Parents: Age-Appropriate TV
By Michele Stockwell
The recent announcements by Comcast and Time Warner that they will offer "family tiers" of cable TV service are good examples of the kinds of steps that can be taken to help parents shield their children from a coarsening commercial culture.
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Policy Report | August 4, 2005
Childhood for Sale: Consumer Culture's Bid for Our Kids
By Michele Stockwell
Consumer culture is targeting kids in surprising and troubling ways, with harmful consequences. We need to adopt a progressive agenda to help parents shield their kids from these invasive pressures.
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Blueprint Magazine | July 23, 2005
Childhood For Sale
By Michele Stockwell
Consumer culture is pervasive and invasive. It is targeting kids in surprising and troubling ways -- with harmful consequences.
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Blueprint Magazine | May 31, 2005
Close the Parent Gap
By Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Democrats are losing married parents in droves. The party won't win them back until it takes their side in the fight against corrosive popular culture.
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Backgrounder | April 8, 2005
Closing the Parent Gap
By Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Democrats should go on the offense with a progressive cultural populism. They can do so by taking the side of parents against the cultural forces that make it more difficult to "teach kids right from wrong."
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Blueprint Magazine | January 8, 2004
Time Over Money
By Robert D. Atkinson
If Democrats are to regain the strength they enjoyed in the old economy, they will need to offer something that voters value but that the other party won't provide. Joe Robinson's book Work to Live provides a glimpse of what that might be.
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Front & Center | March 27, 2003
Now... Something Worth Spending On
By Anne Kim
Last week, New Democrat Sen. Evan Bayh introduced the Strengthening Families Act, which would provide new resources to support two critical pillars of post-welfare reform social policy: promoting responsible fatherhood and preventing teen pregnancy.
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Policy Report | March 26, 2003
Putting Parenting First: Why it's Time for Universal Paid Leave
By Robert D. Atkinson
For working parents who would like to stay home but cannot afford to, providing more generous tax credits and UI benefits can make family leave feasible.
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Policy Report | September 10, 2001
Marriage as Public Policy
By Daniel T. Lichter
Marriage promotion must begin by discouraging out-of-wedlock childbearing, which arguably is the single greatest threat to forming healthy and satisfying marriages that last.
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Blueprint Magazine | July 12, 2001
Filtering E-Porn
By Robert D. Atkinson
Give parents, schools, and libraries the tools to protect our children.
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Front & Center | April 12, 2001
Preserving Progress After Welfare Reform
By Anne Kim
Next year's reauthorization of welfare reform legislation provides an ideal opportunity for policymakers to reorient the goal of the welfare system toward a comprehensive network of work supports. The Strengthening Working Families Act provides a good head start.
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Blueprint Magazine | February 7, 2001
Double the Child Tax Credit
By Anne Kim
Make it refundable for low-earners.
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Front & Center | October 12, 2000
KidSave: Long-term Planning for the Next Generation
By Anne Kim
Albert Einstein once called compound interest the most powerful force in the universe. When it comes to ensuring our children's future financial security, there's simply no reason not to harness the power of long-term investment.
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Blueprint Magazine | September 1, 2000
After-School Programs
By Andrew Rotherham
With families feeling time pressure and educators concerned about
academic performance, interest is rising across the country in high
quality after-school and summer school programs.
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The New Democrat | September 1, 1999
Getting There
By Margy Waller and Mark Alan Hughes
For many working-poor families, a car is the key to upward mobility.
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The New Democrat | July 1, 1999
Flipping Burgers
By Margy Waller
Shattering myths about the working and non-working poor.
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