Social Security at 90: Three Truths and A Terrible Trumpy Lie About One of America’s Greatest Economic Programs
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An Annoying Poll
Deborah Weinstein,
November 13, 2015
CQ News recently cited a poll about the budget deal enacted by Congress, in which 61 percent agree “lawmakers should have stuck to lower spending levels,” and 39 percent agree that “the deal is a positive move forward.” We at the Coalition on Human Needs supported the deal, which will...
Resources from around the Coalition: Hunger and Poverty, Child Care, Housing Recovery and More
William Marker,
November 12, 2015
Hunger and Poverty. Child Care. Housing Recovery. This week we continue our series, Resources from around the Coalition, where we highlight great work that CHN’s member organizations are putting out. Bread for the World recently issued individual state fact sheets highlighting hunger and poverty across the nation. Their fact sheets...
Scandal
Rev. Donald Perryman,
November 10, 2015
This post was originally published in The Sojourner’s Truth on November 5, 2015. … Poverty in the world is a scandal. In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, that there are so...
Congress Must Act Now to Save Pro-Work Tax Provisions
Maxine Thomas,
November 9, 2015
This post was originally published on The Hill’s Congress Blog on November 4, 2015. Spending time with family and friends, laughing around the table, and volunteering to serve the people who are hungry at my church — all of these moments bring me a sense of joy. Just as I...
Fact of the Week: 100 CEOs Have As Much in Retirement Assets As 41 Percent of American Families
Leo Nguyen,
November 6, 2015
A new report from the Center for Effective Government and the Institute for Policy Studies found that the 100 largest CEO retirement funds are worth a combined $4.9 billion – an amount equal to the entire retirement account savings of 41 percent of American families. A Tale of Two Retirements...
