Poverty and progress in your state
Esmeralda Ramos,
November 17, 2017
Editor’s note: This post was written by Esmeralda Ramos, CHN’s Fall intern. Following the Census Bureau’s September release of 2016 poverty data, CHN released a national report, Poverty and Progress: Poverty is Down in the U.S., but New Threats Ahead. The report breaks down Census data demonstrating that progress has been...
A Vote Against Our Future: The House Just Voted to Transfer Trillions from Middle- and Low-Income People to Corporations and Millionaires
CHN,
November 16, 2017
Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Thursday, Nov. 16 in response to the House vote in favor of H.R. 1, the massive tax-giveaway for corporations and the wealthiest Americans: “The House vote to pass a giant tax cut overwhelmingly for...
Human Needs Report: Tax cut bills, disaster aid, anti-immigrant policies, and more
Lecia Imbery,
November 13, 2017
CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for articles on the House and Senate tax cut bills, year-end spending deals, disaster aid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, policies hurting immigrant communities, and more. Click here for a PDF version of the Human Needs Report....
Millionaire explains how House tax cut bill would cut his taxes in half
Lecia Imbery,
November 8, 2017
The House tax cut bill will slash taxes on the wealthy at the expense of human needs programs. Just ask millionaire Eric Schoenberg. Check out this great video below in which Eric, a member of Patriotic Millionaires, explains to Fox Business host Stuart Varney how the House tax cut bill will cut his...
Who benefits the most from the House GOP tax proposal?
David Elliot,
November 6, 2017
A new analysis confirms what many have been saying: The House GOP tax proposal unveiled last Thursday would disproportionately benefit the wealthiest 1 percent of U.S. taxpayers. Release of the analysis comes on the day the House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to take up the tax measure. ...
