“The Biggest Tax Scam in History”
Leo Nguyen,
November 28, 2017
“The bill Republican leaders are trying to ram through this week without hearings, without time for even a basic analysis of its likely economic impact, is the biggest tax scam in history. It’s such a scam that it’s not even clear who’s being scammed – middle-class taxpayers, people who care...
Early childhood care undervalued in Maryland
Andrew L. Yarrow,
November 27, 2017
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by the Baltimore Sun on November 12. When my son, now in college, started school in Maryland, he went to a private preschool, and only half-day public kindergarten existed. As for most young children in the United States, then and now, public early...
Outside Tax Prom, Protesters Offer a Different Party
Institute for Policy Studies,
November 21, 2017
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Negin Owliaei, a co-editor and researcher at Inequality.org. It was published on November 17 on Inequality.org, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies. CHN’s Executive Director Deborah Weinstein spoke at the event covered below. On the same day that the House of Representatives...
10 Things We’re Even More Thankful for This Thanksgiving
Leo Nguyen,
November 20, 2017
Thankfulness isn’t the first sentiment that comes to mind these days. Giant tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poor. Children’s health insurance in jeopardy. Millions of Americans still suffering in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other disaster sites. Dreamers at risk of losing their future...
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...
