2025 Poverty and Income Numbers Will Show How Affordability Crisis and H.R.1 Changes Drive Inequality
September 4, 2026
NEA President Becky Pringle: As They Return to School for the New Year, Students Should Not Have to Fear for Their Safety or that of Their Families
September 1, 2026
2025 Poverty and Income Numbers Will Show How Affordability Crisis and H.R.1 Changes Drive Inequality
September 4, 2026
NEA President Becky Pringle: As They Return to School for the New Year, Students Should Not Have to Fear for Their Safety or that of Their Families
September 1, 2026
Coronavirus and homelessness: A ticking time bomb
Olivia Maurer,
April 7, 2020
Robbie is a homeless man living in Polk County, Florida. He has faced serious physical and mental health challenges and now, in the wake of coronavirus, he feels misunderstood and underrepresented. He notes, “[the government has] already failed us, I believe they should look out for us while this pandemic is going on. It's a nightmare on top of a nightmare and we feel left out.” How do you self-isolate if you don’t have a home?
Now more than ever: We can’t count fewer people in poverty!
CHN Staff,
April 6, 2020
Right now, the Trump administration is trying to change the way poverty is measured so fewer people are counted. They're asking for public comment on their proposal to change the way poverty is measured by April 14. Changing the way poverty is defined under these circumstances is a bad idea: The poverty measure allows for research to show the extent of poverty and leads to standards used to determine who gets benefits like food assistance, housing vouchers, health benefits, and more.
Urgently Needed to Protect Our People and Our Economy: The Next Steps Congress Must Take to Counter the Pandemic
Deborah Weinstein,
April 2, 2020
The health crisis and economic crisis are intertwined. The economy will not improve until people can be safe enough to leave their homes. For that, we need COVID-19 testing, treatment, and time. And the economy will not improve if the testing, treatment, and time out of work have buried people in debt and caused them to lose their jobs or homes. In every economic downturn, ensuring that low- and moderate-income people have money to spend is the most effective way to jump-start the economy. That is especially true in this deep crisis.
Coronavirus and xenophobia: ‘When people look at us, they just don’t see us as American’
Olivia Maurer,
March 31, 2020
The global panic surrounding the novel coronavirus has incited widespread anxiety, helplessness, and even panic-buying hundreds of rolls of toilet paper. However, another pandemic response has reared its ugly head: prejudice. COVID-19 panic has exposed deep-seated xenophobia within Western culture and it has led to a disgusting display of hostility toward Asian Americans. This xenophobia has manifested itself in a very racist coronavirus narrative, one that has been perpetuated by some Americans as well as the Trump Administration.
Urgent: CHN April 3 Webinar — Congress and COVID-19: What Passed and What Comes Next. Register Today.
CHN Staff,
March 30, 2020
Register now: On Friday, April 3, from 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. ET, CHN will host a webinar entitled, "Congress and COVID-19: What Passed and What Comes Next." Learn about the historic $2.3 trillion relief and recovery legislation enacted by Congress, and how it responds to the massive public health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation enacted so far takes some important steps towards protecting people and shoring up the economy. But it does not do enough, and Congress will have to return to ensure that the people most in need get adequate help. Advocates and service providers nationwide need this information!
