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Affording the American Dream: Making Everyday Life More Attainable for Every American

FREOPP’s approach is unapologetically market-oriented, but it is not indifferent to the real, everyday pain families are feeling.

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Rural Poverty and the Midterm Election

October 15, 2026

There is a miasma of hopelessness and despair that hangs over many rural communities.

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Education

A Special Education Grand Bargain: Reforming IDEA to Encourage States to Expand Choice Options

October 15, 2026

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The Right Doesn't Need to Out-Promise the Left. We Need to Out-Deliver Them

October 14, 2026

Child Welfare

A Better Child-Care Deal for Working Families

October 13, 2026

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All FREOPP research considers the impact of public policies and proposed reforms on those with incomes or wealth below the U.S. median.

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Article // Daily Caller

Do Union Bosses Speak For The Working Class?

September 26, 2026

Article // Newsweek

Who Trump’s Plan To Pay Stay-at-Home Parents $9,000 Benefits Most

September 21, 2026

Article // Committee on Education & Workforce

Out of Touch: When Union Politics Leave Workers Behind

September 15, 2026

Article // The American Bazaar

Foster youth to benefit from Fostering the Future Accounts initiative launching July 4

June 12, 2026

Article // Fox News

‘Both sides are wrong’: Longtime Obamacare critic says GOP is mistaken in shutdown struggle

October 27, 2025

Article // Washington Post

This bipartisan compromise could end the government shutdown

October 2, 2025

We improve the lives of Americans on the bottom half of the economic ladder using freedom, innovation, and pluralism.

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We improve the
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the economic ladder using
freedom, innovation, and pluralism.