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Faces of Austerity 2.0: How Budget Cuts Continue to Make Us Sicker, Poorer and Less Secure
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October 26, 2017

Little did Melissa Armas know that getting a bonus at work would mean losing access to affordable child care for her daughter Leila.  But that is exactly what happened to the single mother from Chula Vista, California after it was determined that she made $100 a month too much in...

Report Shows Progress Against Poverty in PA, But Threats Ahead
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October 25, 2017

Editor’s note: This week the Coalition on Human Needs continues to roll out a series of state reports on poverty. Today’s report examines the status of poverty in Pennsylvania, and the threats facing the state due to budget proposals in Congress. Here is a summary of the report filed by...

51 Senators Vote to Slash Medicaid in order to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Rich
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October 20, 2017

They also voted to cut Medicare, education, housing assistance, job training, home heating/cooling assistance, SNAP, Meals on Wheels, Head Start, environmental and public health protections, child care, help for people with disabilities… This isn’t as much a budget as it is a gaping self-inflicted wound.  Or, instead of following the...

The Clock is Ticking, Congress. It’s Time to Pass a Clean Dream Act Now.
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October 20, 2017

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published on the National Immigration Law Center’s blog, The Torch, on October 5.  The normal day-to-day existence that most of us tend to take for granted now has an expiration date for almost 800,000 young immigrants. For these hundreds of thousands of young people,...

CHN Report: Poverty rate flat in West Virginia, threats on the horizon
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October 16, 2017

Editor’s note: Today the Coalition on Human Needs began releasing a series of state reports on poverty. Today’s report examines the status of poverty in West Virginia, and the threats facing the state due to budget proposals in Congress. Here is a summary of the report filed by Dan Heyman...

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