Full House could vote for commission to force cuts in Social Security, Medicare, other critical human needs programs
January 19, 2024
Join the #TaxChat Tweetchat on March 15
Lecia Imbery,
March 10, 2016
Tax Day is a little over one month away. In the lead up to the big day, CHN will be joining MomsRising, Americans for Tax Fairness, National Priorities Project, National Women’s Law Center and others on Tuesday, March 15th at 2pm ET for a #TaxChat tweetchat. We hope you’ll be...
Head Smacker: What Could We Do with $695 billion?
David Elliot,
March 8, 2016
Imagine what our country could do with an additional $695 billion. Imagine the number of schools we could build. The number of teachers we could hire (and the decent salaries we could pay!) The number of child care and early childhood education slots we could fill. Imagine how we could...
Will We Remember Flint?
David Elliot,
March 7, 2016
Rachel Mingo has 11 reasons to be concerned about the lead poisoning scandal in Flint, Michigan. First, there’s her and her husband, who together recently bought a home in Flint. Then there’s her 2-year-old daughter Madilyn and her three-year-old son Maverick. Finally, there are her seven brothers, all single, all...
Senate Must Act to Help Flint Residents
Lecia Imbery,
March 3, 2016
At a fundraising event live-streamed from Flint, Michigan this past Sunday, Flint schoolchildren spoke to their neighbors and the nation. Jeremiah described his headaches, memory loss and stomach pain, and his three months of missed school. The children were resilient and brave, and they need and deserve urgent and continuing...
‘We Ate that Food and Swallowed Our Pride’
Sherry Brennan,
March 2, 2016
[Editor’s note: Today Sherry Brennan works as a high-ranking TV executive. But it wasn’t always that way. Growing up, Sherry’s family received SNAP and WIC benefits, and Sherry benefited from the National School Lunch Program as a high school student in Austin, Texas. This past weekend, Sherry was part of...
