Coalition on Human Needs: We will continue to oppose blank check funding and lawless actions by ICE and Border Patrol
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The Human Needs Report: Shutdown updates, family separation, minimum wage and more
Leo Nguyen,
January 22, 2019
CHN's Jan. 22nd Human Needs Report has the latest on the government shutdown, immigrant families separated at the border, a $15 minimum wage bill, and more.
Electricity bill or epilepsy meds? Furloughed worker must choose.
David Elliot,
January 18, 2019
Many workers in the U.S. are one missing paycheck away from financial hardship or worse. A recent survey conducted by GoBankingRates found that 58 percent of Americans have $1,000 or less in savings. And as the Trump Shutdown enters Day 28, more evidence is emerging that a number of the...
Shutdown Central
David Elliot,
January 17, 2019
When one contemplates the epicenter of the Trump Shutdown, the snowy community of Ogden, Utah probably isn’t the first place that comes to mind. Neither is Clarksville, West Virginia. Or Huntsville, Alabama. But as the shutdown enters its 27th day, these communities are among the places where the shutdown’s spiraling...
CHN Analysis: The Trump Shutdown is now the longest failure to provide for federal services in American history
David Elliot,
January 16, 2019
Editor’s note: The following analysis on the effects of the Trump Shutdown was prepared by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein. To download a PDF of this analysis, please click here. The Trump Shutdown is now the longest failure to provide for federal services in American history. That is a shameful...
Trump Shutdown: ‘More of a Shakedown than a Shutdown’
David Elliot,
January 11, 2019
Today is Day 21. At the stroke of midnight, the Trump Government Shutdown will be the longest continuous closing of government in U.S. history, surpassing the 21-day record that was set during the December 1995 shutdown that extended into January 1996. Meanwhile, beginning today and continuing through Thursday, Jan. 17,...
