CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship June 11, 2021
CHN Staff,
June 11, 2021
The Build Back Better edition. COVID-19 cases are down and more people are working. But all is not well in America. Staggering numbers remain out of work and now there is emerging evidence, that as Black and brown communities lag behind in vaccinations, COVID-19 could become a disease that overwhelmingly impacts communities of color. Vaccinations – which reached a peak of nearly two million per day in April – have slipped under 400,000 a day, endangering President Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of the country vaccinated by the 4th of July. Fewer than one in four Black Americans have received their first shot.
2021 sets new mark for voter suppression laws; Texas threat still looming
David Elliot,
June 10, 2021
Calendar year 2021 is not even half over – yet we already know that it will set a modern-day record for the number of voter suppression laws passed by state legislatures and enacted into law in one year. Between January 1 and May 14 of this year, 14 states enacted 22 new laws that restrict access to the vote. That breaks a record set in 2011, when – by October of that year – 19 restrictive laws were passed in 14 states.
The Biden Budget: Responsible investments in our future
CHN Staff,
June 7, 2021
President Biden’s budget is responsive to our needs and responsible to our future. Instead of ignoring government’s failure for years to maintain and improve the basic building blocks of our economic security, the budget makes investments our nation badly needs.
CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: Special edition examines Biden Administration’s proposed budget
Lecia Imbery,
June 7, 2021
CHN just released a special edition of the Human Needs Report focusing on President Biden's FY22 budget request. Read on for an overview of the request and details from select government departments that most directly impact people with low incomes.
Emerging from the pandemic: How we place America’s children and families on a path to prosperity
Catherine Gorey,
June 4, 2021
Emerging from the pandemic will neither be easy for America nor for America’s children. Many have experienced hunger and live in households anxious over possible eviction. Many have not been able to learn effectively without adequate access to the internet. Children of color and children in families with low incomes have been disproportionately harmed, sometimes by the deaths of loved ones from COVID-19. But the groundbreaking proposals put forth by the Biden Administration give us hope that America’s children and families will have the resources and programs they need to place them on a path toward recovery and prosperity.
