More than 250 Organizations Urge the House to Prioritize Children’s Safety in FY26 DHS Appropriations Vote
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The High Cost of Child Care: American Families in Crisis
CHN,
November 2, 2018
Editor’s note: The following piece was written by Makenna Whitworth, CHN’s Fall 2018 intern. Makenna is a senior majoring in political science at Brigham Young University. By Makenna Whitworth “In the first two years of my daughter’s life, I spent more money on child care than on anything else,” Jessica Raven,...
Voting Against Hate and For the Common Good
Deborah Weinstein,
November 1, 2018
The Coalition on Human Needs was one of many groups to sign a statement condemning antisemitism, which will be run in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today. (A picture of the ad is below.) We at CHN can only be grateful for the opportunity to join with others to speak out against hate....
A Birthright Citizen’s Take on Birthright Citizenship
Leo Nguyen,
October 31, 2018
On Tuesday, Oct. 30, President Trump vowed to end birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizens on U.S. soil. While experts agree the President can’t use an executive order to strip away this Constitutional right, it’s telling he thinks this is a winning issue for his fear-mongering political brand this...
Immigrant children are under attack. Here’s how to fight back
David Elliot,
October 30, 2018
It’s getting harder by the day to keep up with all of the Trump Administration’s unconscionable attacks on immigrants, immigrant children, and immigrant families. There’s one attack going on right now and we have one week to do something about it. Back in September, the Trump Administration announced a proposed rule that...
One year ago, the world changed forever.
David Elliot,
October 29, 2018
This past Sunday, hundreds of groups, including the Coalition on Human Needs, signed a letter that appeared as a full-page ad in The New York Times marking the one-year anniversary of #MeToo. The letter begins: “For the first time in history, the ground shook with the mass disclosures of millions...
