Full House could vote for commission to force cuts in Social Security, Medicare, other critical human needs programs
January 19, 2024
Why speaking up on the President’s proposed budget matters — an afterschool perspective
CHN,
April 10, 2018
Editor’s note: The Coalition on Human Needs is participating in the Children’s Blog Carnival, hosted and sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council. Today’s post is authored by Eric Peterson, Vice President, Policy, at the Afterschool Alliance. Previous carnival blogs have focused on the plight of Puerto Rican children in the wake...
Trump’s immigration policies threaten children and our collective future
CLASP,
April 9, 2018
Editor’s note: The Coalition on Human Needs is participating in the Children’s Blog Carnival, hosted and sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council. Today’s post is authored by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP). Previous carnival blogs have focused on the plight of Puerto Rican children in the wake of...
Why a balanced budget would be disastrous
Lecia Imbery,
April 5, 2018
Tea Party and other conservatives are pushing for a vote in the House of Representatives next week on a balanced budget amendment, which would amend the Constitution of the United States to require Congress to balance the federal budget every year. While this might not sound like such a bad...
Continuing Dr. King’s fight
Deborah Weinstein,
April 4, 2018
Reverend James Lawson was on National Public Radio yesterday, remembering Dr. Martin Luther King’s last campaign for justice. Rev. Lawson, now 89, was a leader and teacher of nonviolent resistance in Memphis then, and urged Dr. King to come in support of the sanitation workers striking to raise their poverty...
Every baby has a story — child care policy helps shape it
CHN Staff,
April 4, 2018
Editor’s note: The Coalition on Human Needs is participating in the Children’s Blog Carnival, hosted and sponsored by the Children’s Leadership Council. Today’s post is authored by Patricia Cole, Senior Director of Federal Policy of ZERO TO THREE. Previous carnival blogs have focused on “grandfamilies,” grandparents or other relatives raising children;...
