The Coalition on Human Needs: an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people.
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House Members Heard Their Constituents, and Voted to Keep Health Care Affordable – The Senate Must Act Now
January 9, 2026
We call upon Senators to follow the House’s bipartisan example – they should vote for the House bill immediately to help millions facing rising health costs.
ICE, NOEM and TRUMP in Reckless Disregard of Life and Law
January 8, 2026
We mourn the needless death of Renee Nicole Good, fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. There have been at least nine other non-fatal shootings by ICE agents in places around the country. Ms. Good’s death is part of a pattern of callous and inhumane disregard of life and law.
Congress Must Stop This War and Help Working Americans Instead
January 7, 2026
At a time when nearly half of Americans say they’re struggling to afford basic necessities, Trump used our tax dollars to strike a foreign country.
We can’t let Maryland’s progress on overdose deaths be undone
December 29, 2025
In 2024, fatal overdoses in Maryland fell 38% from the previous year. It’s proving that prevention, treatment and recovery efforts are working.
How many deaths are acceptable to pay for rich people’s tax breaks?
June 23, 2025
The House has passed a budget reconciliation bill, and now the Senate is taking up its version, which it hopes to pass before leaving for the July 4th recess. Health economists at the University of Pennsylvania have estimated that a bill like the House bill would lead to 51,000 preventable…
Slashing Staff Means Less Help for People
April 1, 2025
The Trump Administration wants you to believe that massive cuts in staffing will have no effect on the services people need. The latest blockbuster announcement came from Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who will lay off 10,000 workers, doubling the total terminated, one-quarter of…
Why SNAP Cuts Hurt People and Must Not Pay for Tax Breaks for the Wealthy- Words and Pictures
March 17, 2025
The budget resolution passed by the House of Representatives included instructions to the Agriculture Committee to come up with a plan to cut spending by $230 billion over 10 years. There is no way to do that without taking most or all of this huge figure from the Supplemental Nutrition…
How Much Will We Have to Pay the Ultra-Wealthy?
February 28, 2025
The House of Representatives passed a budget resolution on February 26 that would pay out $4.5 trillion in tax breaks over a decade, with the largest share going to the wealthiest. Who would pay for that? We do – in lost or more expensive health coverage, lost nutrition assistance, higher…
