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The Human Needs Report: FY19 begins, anti-immigrant rule proposed, reactions to a SCOTUS confirmation, and more
Leo Nguyen,
October 8, 2018
Editor’s update: The proposed Public Charge rule, discussed in an article below, was officially published on October 10. In a statement, CHN called the rule, “the latest in a series of unconscionable attacks on immigrants and immigrant communities.” Organization are urging advocates to submit comments in opposition to the rule during the...
CHN reaffirms opposition to confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh
CHN,
October 5, 2018
Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Friday, Oct. 5 in opposition to the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court: “On September 7, the Coalition on Human Needs joined with 75 organizations in a letter urging senators...
A citizenship question will hurt us all
Leo Nguyen,
October 1, 2018
On September 30, The New York Times published an opinion piece written by William Frey, a demographer, professor, and fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. CHN has opposed these efforts from the beginning. We worked with other...
Tax Scam 2.0: Another measure that benefits the wealthy and campaign donors at the expense of working families
CHN,
September 28, 2018
Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Friday in response to House passage of a second massive tax cut that mostly benefits the wealthy and will explode the deficit: “The tax scam 2.0 passed today by the House is another measure...
How to Help Rural America: Senate Democrats Hold a Rural Summit
Deborah Weinstein,
September 28, 2018
Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jon Tester (D-MT) were interviewing author Sarah Smarsh at a Rural Summit held by Senate Democrats on September 27. Ms. Smarsh was describing the isolation she felt growing up poor in rural Kansas. Her mother was 17 when Sarah was born. There was no Family...
