CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
January 26, 2026
Fact of the Week: 12 facts about the Graham-Cassidy repeal bill
Families USA,
September 21, 2017
Editor’s note: The following piece was originally published on Families USA’s blog on Sept. 19. For more information and analysis on the horrible ACA repeal bill that the Senate is expected to vote on as early as Sept. 27, see the resources listed at the end of this post. Please take...
Head Smacker: They’re trying to repeal the ACA…again
Leo Nguyen,
September 20, 2017
Millions of Americans breathed a sigh of relief in July when the Senate failed – by one vote – to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But despite hearing from millions of you, their constituents, before, during, and after their summer recess, Senate leaders are at it again. They are trying...
2.5 Million Fewer Poor People in 2016; Now-threatened programs made the difference
CHN,
September 12, 2017
The poverty rate declined to 12.7 percent in 2016, down from 13.5 percent in 2015 and from 14.8 percent in 2014, according to new U.S. Census data released Tuesday. That 2.1 percentage point drop is the largest two-year decline since 1969. Since 2014, the number of people in poverty has...
What to look for in the new Census Bureau data
CHN,
September 11, 2017
Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the U.S. Census Bureau will release its annual estimates of poverty, household income and health insurance coverage for 2016. What follows is a description both of trends CHN will be examining from the 2016 data, and questions CHN will be raising about the future...
Security and Stability: The Importance of Paid Leave
David Elliot,
September 8, 2017
In 1992, Lauren and her husband Steve, of Mercerville, New Jersey, welcomed their daughter Stephanie to the family. They didn’t know it at the time, but they would become the textbook argument for paid family and medical leave, both in their home state and across the country. “Like most expectant...
