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Opportunity Book

Browse federal policy recommendations from COSM scholars and affiliates focused on expanding opportunity.

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Land of Opportunity

A policy handbook that assesses the state of the American Dream and offers practical policy solutions to strengthen opportunity and prosperity in the United States. By strengthening economic growth, expanding opportunity, and restoring the social foundations of family, work, and community, the book argues that we can renew the promise of the American Dream for future generations.

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Workforce Futures Initiative

A research collaboration between the American Enterprise Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the Project on Workforce at Harvard Kennedy School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.

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FREE Initiative

An initiative to educate people, communities, and institutions around the country about how to promote a sense of agency among our nation’s youth, and to partner with them in this effort. We are building a national movement predicated primarily upon local and community action.

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Lives Cut Short

A project to document child maltreatment fatalities.

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America's Rural Future

A bipartisan endeavor with a shared mission to enable rural prosperity in the 21st century by strengthening economic opportunity, resilience, and quality of life across rural America.

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American Renewal

A Conservative Plan to Strengthen the Social Contract and Save the Country’s Finances.

Edited by Paul Ryan and Angela Rachidi

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Doing Right By Kids

Leveraging Social Capital and Innovation to Increase Opportunity.

By Scott Winship | Yuval Levin | Ryan Streeter

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Discussing Medicaid work requirements: Corinth on C-SPAN’s ‘Washington Journal’

June 29, 2026 | Kevin Corinth

Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility Deputy Director Kevin Corinth discusses Medicaid work requirements on...

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The US Needs a New Safety Net

June 23, 2026 | Angela Rachidi and Nic Dunn

Congress is considering a major anti-poverty reform: giving states more flexibility to redesign welfare and...

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Weed and Kids Are a Risky Mix—but “Garden Moms” Are Toking Up

June 23, 2026 | Naomi Schaefer Riley

Motherhood is hard; weed helps: That’s the toxic message from a new group of online...

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Are Big Families the Solution to Declining Fertility?

June 23, 2026 | Matt Weidinger

“Big families are like waterbed stores,” comedian and father of five Jim Gaffigan jokes. “They used...