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The Miami debates: Did the presidential candidates discuss poverty?
David Elliot,
July 2, 2019
Last month, Voices for Human Needs wrote about an event sponsored by the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. The event featured nine presidential candidates who took turns taking the stage at Trinity Washington University to discuss their plans for fighting poverty in the United States. At the time of the event, it was noted that when presidential candidates gather for traditional debates, poverty does not exactly take center stage. So we wondered what would happen when 20 candidates gathered for two debates last week in Miami; would poverty and economic injustice be a focus of attention?
Breaking news: Media reports say Trump Administration has dropped efforts to include citizenship question in 2020 Census
David Elliot,
July 2, 2019
Moments ago, media outlets -- including Huffington Post and The New York Times, reported that U.S. Census forms are being printed and that the Trump Administration has dropped efforts to include a citizenship question. Reports HuffPo: "There will not be a question asking about citizenship on the 2020 census, the Trump administration said Tuesday.
The latest CHN Human Needs Report: Spending updates, emergency border aid passes, Supreme Court blocks Census citizenship question, and more
Leo Nguyen,
July 1, 2019
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on Congress's spending work, aid for immigrants at the border, the Supreme Court's decision on the Census citizenship question, and more.
Taxing the (Very) Rich: Finding the Cure for Excessive Wealth Disorder
Sarah Morrison,
June 28, 2019
Once a subject often kept behind the curtain, tax policy has quickly risen to fame recently while more political leaders discuss why tax policy has gone so wrong in our country. And this discussion appears to have led to a shift -- perhaps in the direction of no longer benefitting the wealthy and corporations. This was the overarching theme at Taxing the (Very) Rich: Finding the Cure for Excessive Wealth Disorder, the Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) and Institute for Policy Studies’ (IPS) day-long event on Tuesday, June 25, which CHN co-sponsored.
Supreme Court rejects corrupt, manipulative, cynical process to add citizenship question to 2020 Census
CHN Staff,
June 27, 2019
Today’s Supreme Court ruling underscores the validity not just of the New York federal court ruling, but also similar rulings by California and Maryland federal courts. The Supreme Court correctly rejected the corrupt, manipulative, and cynical process to add the citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Commerce Secretary Ross should follow the advice of the Census Bureau’s expert staff and drop his effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The clock is ticking.
