Trump’s 2-1 executive order: It’s (not) as easy as 1, 2, 3….
David Elliot,
February 14, 2017
Joan Claybrook, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration during the Carter administration, had an immediate reaction when informed of President Trump’s executive order requiring that federal agencies scrap two existing regulations for every new one adopted. She burst out laughing. “That’s a completely illogical way of doing things,”...
Head Smacker: Pentagon buried study showing $125 billion in waste, but Congress and the Trump Administration want to give it more money
Leo Nguyen,
February 10, 2017
According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon buried an internal study that found $125 billion in administrative waste because it was afraid Congress would use the findings to cut the defense budget. Despite this, the Trump Administration and some members of Congress are preparing to give even more money to...
The protests are working
David Elliot,
February 7, 2017
There’s a developing narrative across the country: The protests are working. On many issues of concern to the human needs community, ranging from health care to immigration to efforts to fighting discrimination, a hostile executive branch finds itself backtracking and on the defensive. Perhaps the first journalist to take note...
Human Needs Report: Immigration, cabinet picks, the ACA and more
Leo Nguyen,
February 6, 2017
Congress has been in session for just over a month now, and the Trump Administration is just a couple of weeks old. CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, with a look at what they’ve been up to – and how advocates have responded – in...
The onset of a feminine revolution
Kenan Heise,
February 3, 2017
Seven-year old Laney, who lives across the courtyard from me, attended the Woman’s March in Chicago with her mother. Her comments afterwards were that there were lots of people, most of them were women and she was proud to be there. That memory could last for her entire lifetime. LeAnn...
