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As ICE Activity Ramps Up, Health Care Professionals Share Strategies to Protect Access to Care
February 20, 2026
Blog post by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, a member of CHN

As federal immigration enforcement ramps up in communities across the country, health care providers — including those in the Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) Community — are seeing direct impacts on patients and the care they receive. NHCHC staff spoke with direct care providers in 15 communities across the U.S. about their experiences.

You Could Save Thousands of Dollars This Tax Season (2026)…But Don’t Thank Trump
February 17, 2026
Blog post by National Womens Law Center, a member of CHN

Tax season has arrived! Between now and April 15, you should plan to file your tax year 2025  taxes. Despite what you may have heard, the tax and budget law passed by Trump and congressional Republicans last year did not meaningfully improve tax benefits for most families, and in fact, has made it even harder for families to make ends meet. The real winners from the Big Ugly Law are billionaires and mega-corporations who will be receiving billions in dollars in tax breaks this tax season and in tax seasons to come.

President Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon Budget Ask: Breathtaking Irresponsibility and Harm
February 13, 2026
Statement by CHN

There are clear winners and losers in a wildly inflated ask like this: military contractors win and the American public loses

Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too
February 13, 2026

The research is clear: when immigrant workers are targeted, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for better pay and conditions.

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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…

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