Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement, in a move she said will entail stepping up prosecutions and even doling out grants to animal welfare ...

The Economist When William Beveridge invented the welfare state in Britain in the 1940s, he sought to slay the “five giants”: ...

The Trump administration and its One Big Beautiful Bill Act could hold states accountable.

One of the most contentious issues in the recent debt ceiling negotiations was putting more work requirements into government benefits. In the final bill that President Biden signed into law, ...

Nonprofit agencies that care for children and youth who have experienced abuse, neglect, or family disruption are being priced out of existence by a constricting insurance market.

The government provides at least one means-tested, welfare-type program to roughly one out of every five Americans (unless you count Social Security, in which case the number goes up considerably). In ...

RSPCA Australia has launched a new branding initiative, RSPCA Certified, to replace the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme. The ...

Historically, marriage has played a critical role in the raising of children. In most cases, the economic benefits of marriage are substantial. Marriage among families with children is an extremely ...

Sen. Nikki Torres, in a phone interview, said the reports can reveal patterns of where the state’s child welfare system is failing, and whether changes need to be made.