Human Needs Watch: Slashing Staff Means Less Help for People
Deborah Weinstein,
April 1, 2025
The Trump Administration wants you to believe that massive cuts in staffing will have no effect on the services people need. It does.
Pushing Back Against Efforts to Gut the Social Security Administration
Meredith Dodson,
March 31, 2025
Thousands of people die each year waiting for disability benefits and millions of Americans now face real barriers to accessing their earned benefits after paying in over their entire working lives.
Medicaid funding cuts may cause ripple effects on health care across the nation
Lindsey Shelton,
March 29, 2025
Blog post by the Southern Poverty Law Center, CHN's member. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a budget resolution in late February that proposes billions of dollars in cuts that would force major changes to Medicaid.
Basic human needs are not fair game for billionaire tax cuts
Marisa Pesce,
March 28, 2025
Blog post by RESULTS, CHN's member | Tens of millions of Americans like me rely on public programs to get back on their feet. The GOP wants to slash that help to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
From lived experience to lasting change: RESULTS Experts on Poverty fight to protect SNAP
Lakeisha McVey,
March 27, 2025
Blog post by RESULTS, CHN's member. Cutting SNAP negatively impacts local economies, farmers, grocers, and restaurants. It forces families to choose between food, rent, and health care.
