Full House could vote for commission to force cuts in Social Security, Medicare, other critical human needs programs
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Stop the Debt Trap
Lecia Imbery,
August 17, 2016
The statistics around payday and car title loans are scary: The loans come with interest rates of 300-400 percent on average. The average payday loan customer who borrows $400 for a loan to help them get by until their next paycheck winds up paying back $950 over 11 loan cycles...
In His Final Months in Office, Will President Obama Choose Compassion or More Deportations?
Avideh Moussavian,
August 10, 2016
This post was originally published on the National Immigration Law Center’s new blog, the Torch, on June 30. The Supreme Court tie in U.S. v. Texas was a frustrating setback for millions of immigrant families, but the fight must continue and another question of historical significance for immigrants looms large: Will...
“Anonymity Overdose:” How U.S. tax policy supports drug addiction misery
David Elliot,
August 8, 2016
Since 2000, the rate of deaths from opioid-related overdoses has increased 200 percent. In 2014, there were approximately one and a half times more drug overdose deaths in the United States than deaths from motor vehicle accidents. So: what can we do about it? One thing we can do is...
Head Smacker: During the height of mosquito season, Congress recesses — without fighting Zika
David Elliot,
August 5, 2016
For months, public health officials have warned that the Zika virus eventually would show up in the continental U.S. They warned of this back in the winter, months before the mosquitoes that help transmit Zika were on most people’s radar screen. They warned of this in the spring, even as...
Nuns on the Bus – Mending the Gaps
Richelle Friedman,
August 1, 2016
Editor’s note: This post was written by Richelle Friedman, CHN’s Director of Public Policy, on Thursday, July 28. Richelle spent a week with NETWORK’s Nuns on the Bus, including at the Democratic National Convention last week. The full Nuns on the Bus tour lasted three weeks, including visiting the Republican...
