CHN Report: Poverty rate flat in West Virginia, threats on the horizon
David Elliot,
October 16, 2017
Editor’s note: Today the Coalition on Human Needs began releasing a series of state reports on poverty. Today’s report examines the status of poverty in West Virginia, and the threats facing the state due to budget proposals in Congress. Here is a summary of the report filed by Dan Heyman...
ScamCare: Trump the Destroyer Swings His Truncheon at People’s Health Care
Deborah Weinstein,
October 13, 2017
First we heard that the Trump Administration would allow for new forms of insurance that would evade the minimum standards that protect people with pre-existing conditions and provide decent coverage. Now they announce they will no longer pay insurance companies the funds to support coverage of more expensive care. These...
‘They’re going to be sailing off into the horizon, laughing all the way’
David Elliot,
October 11, 2017
Kelly Conklin and his spouse, Kit, are the co-owners of a custom woodworking business in Bloomfield, New Jersey. They’ve owned the business since 1978, and employ 16 well-paid workers. Now they view their livelihood as threatened – by President Trump’s proposal to slash taxes for the wealthiest Americans and corporations....
For President Trump and his allies in Congress, there is nothing more important than giving tax cuts to rich people and corporations
Deborah Weinstein,
October 10, 2017
Tax cuts for the rich are more important than helping people in a disaster: President Trump’s top budgeteer, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, made a name for himself as an extremist when, as a member of Congress, he tried to insist that no aid for Hurricane Sandy...
‘This budget is heartless and tragic’
David Elliot,
October 4, 2017
With a vote imminent, opponents of the House GOP budget proposal rallied Wednesday outside the U.S. Capitol with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, which has put forward its own budget. It’s not too late to contact Congress to oppose the House budget proposal, and to support the Congressional Progressive Caucus alternative: call 1-888-516-5820...
