CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
January 26, 2026
Not in Our Name
Deborah Weinstein,
June 1, 2018
When a mother and child flee to an entry point along the U.S. border, seeking asylum from violence in their home country, they have endured threats to their lives. The U.S. has every right to investigate their claims, but it has long done so in accordance with national and international...
As hurricane season begins, a new death toll in Puerto Rico. And an island woefully unprepared for what may come.
David Elliot,
June 1, 2018
4,645. And counting. That’s the new number of estimated deaths of U.S. citizens in Puerto Rico directly or indirectly linked to Hurricane Maria, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The new estimate is more than 70 times the official death toll of 64....
Canadian-style child benefit would cut U.S. child poverty by more than half
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,
May 29, 2018
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Arloc Sherman, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). It was originally published on CBPP’s blog, Off the Charts, on May 24. Lawmakers need not look far to find ways to help struggling families with children raise their living...
Socio-Emotional Health is Often Invisible, But It Still Needs Support
CHN,
May 25, 2018
Editor’s note: The following blog post is authored by Caitlin Forbes, Communications Manager for the National Institute for Children’s Health Quality. It originally appeared here. The post was written prior to the deadly school shooting that recently took place in Santa Fe, Texas. In Bountiful, Utah, on Dec. 1, 2016,...
Fact of the Week: Four in ten Americans would struggle with unexpected expense of $400
Leo Nguyen,
May 24, 2018
Four in 10 adults either could not cover an emergency expense costing $400 or would have to borrow money or sell something to cover it, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve System. The picture is bleaker for people with a high school degree or less: 54 percent...
