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Human Needs Report: Trump budget, crisis in Puerto Rico, battle over emergency order at the border, and more
Leo Nguyen,
March 19, 2019
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for a detailed analysis of President Trump's FY20 budget request, plus the latest on the loss of food aid for millions, the Trump emergency declaration, a new bill to protect Dreamers, and more.
For the sake of families, we must reduce the cost of child care
Morgan Williams,
March 15, 2019
The cost of child care is generating an economic and moral crisis within the United States. With yearly prices soaring above the cost of in-state college tuition in 28 states, parents are forced to spend large portions of their income on child care at a time when they have accumulated little wealth.
Puerto Rico: A recovery in reverse?
David Elliot,
March 13, 2019
For the Puerto Rican coastal community of Loiza, the hits just keep coming. First there was Hurricane Irma, which sideswiped the eastern part of the island, where Loiza is located, late at night on Sept. 4, 2017. Not even two weeks later, Hurricane Maria came ashore, scoring an even more direct hit than Irma, and once again, Loiza absorbed the worst of the storm’s fury. Now the community faces a new threat as residents face cuts to their Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
CHN on President Trump’s “Bully’s Budget”
Deborah Weinstein,
March 11, 2019
President Trump’s budget for FY 2020 is consistent with his presidency so far. It is all about denying help to those who lack power or wealth and lavishing advantage to those who have both.
‘Money for a wall…no food for the people’
Bridget Rittman-Tune,
March 11, 2019
Waldemiro Velez Soto of San Juan, Puerto Rico didn’t know his family’s food rations were being cut. Velez Soto and his family survive off of their NAP benefits. (NAP is Puerto Rico’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.) With few jobs available in Puerto Rico, Velez Soto cannot earn enough for him and his family to survive. And based on our conversation, he is not the only Puerto Rican forced to live like this.
