Topic: Americans

November 14, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 11, 2022

It’s Friday! Friday’s Freshest: Today is Veterans Day. In this week’s commentary, investigative journalist Chris Butler shares his thoughts on how Americans currently view the holiday. Many veterans feel overlooked, […]

September 23, 2022 • Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia Senate Race Distracts From More Relevant State Elections

Georgians would be better served to focus on elections closer to home, including the race for Governor and the state House and Senate.



September 6, 2022 • Commentary

Learn How Much Your Georgia Degrees Pay

On Georgia Degrees Pay, students and their parents can find information about each major offered at each public university in Georgia.

August 31, 2022 • Blog

A Medicaid Plan that Works for Georgia

We may finally get to see how work requirements fit with Medicaid. We can expect good things.

July 22, 2022 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: July 22, 2022

It’s Friday!  Quotes of note “Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” –Winston Churchill “Identifying […]


June 20, 2022 • Blog

Juneteenth: A Franchise of Freedom

We are not all descendants of American slavery, but to be an American is to have inherited its legacy, and its lessons. 

May 12, 2022 • Blog

How to Reduce Student Borrowing

The best way to reduce student borrowing may be to stop telling students they won’t have to pay back their loans.

April 21, 2022 • Blog

The Hidden Tax: Inflation

There are taxes, and then there are hidden taxes. And there’s no hidden tax quite like inflation.



January 26, 2022 • Blog

Cultural Splintering and Education

An approach that allows families to choose the best option for them is our best bet.

November 26, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 26, 2021

At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 30th anniversary dinner in September, our photographer captured the attending presidents who have led the organization

November 26, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: November 26, 2021

All the president’s men: At the Georgia Public Policy Foundation’s 30th anniversary dinner in September, our photographer captured the attending presidents who

November 11, 2021 • Foundation News

Stepping away for a while…

I still remember the voicemail, four years later: I have some bad news. You need surgery.


October 15, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 15, 2021

From privatization to public-private partnerships to express toll lanes, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation has never shied away from market-based proposals t

October 1, 2021 • Friday Facts

Friday Facts: October 1, 2021

In 2006, the Georgia Public Policy Foundation published a transportation study: “Reducing Congestion in Atlanta: A Bold New Approach to Increasing Mobility.”

September 17, 2021 • Commentary

Garble Mires Message on Healthcare Reform

In almost all recent polling, voters say healthcare is their number one concern. They also trust Democrats more than Republicans on the issue.

September 15, 2021 • Foundation News

Failure by Institution

President Joe Biden this past week said federal agencies will begin requiring employers with as few as 100 employees to mandate their workers get vaccinated aga

September 9, 2021 • Foundation News

Labor Day and the Value of Work

The holiday honoring workers stems from the Industrial Revolution, when working conditions in America’s burgeoning assortment of factories, mills and mines came


July 15, 2021 • Blog

Pandemic Effects on America’s Wealth

Many Americans wondered whether income inequality would grow during the pandemic, and new data suggest they were right to be concerned. The better question is not whether inequality grew, but […]

June 25, 2021 • Commentary

To Do No Harm, Protect Donor Privacy

Imagine you make a donation to a nonprofit organization that inspired you enough to want to support their good work. Now, imagine this gift became public information. For most people, […]

June 14, 2021 • Blog

Checking Up On Health: June 14, 2021

Medical Monday: A (mostly) weekly post of healthcare- and technology-related policy news, views and commentaries. At a conference last week in Idaho, we had some down time and took a shuttle […]


June 4, 2021

Friday Facts: June 04, 2021

It’s Friday!  Memory Lane A legacy of bureaucracy: The obfuscation in data from the Georgia Department of Education is a longstanding problem, as shown in this 1996 letter from the […]

June 4, 2021 • Commentary

For Schools to Return to Normalcy, Community Must Do Its Part

Closing schools because of COVID-19 was terrible for students, families and educators. Students struggled with less than ideal learning opportunities and their mental health. Families were forced to juggle employment […]
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