Fact of the Week: 100 CEOs Have As Much in Retirement Assets As 41 Percent of American Families
Lecia Imbery,
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...
Stand up for child nutrition and share why #WICMatters
Joanna Sandager,
November 2, 2015
WIC Overview from National WIC Association on Vimeo. On Wednesday, November 4 from 1-2pm ET, join CHN, MomsRising, National WIC Association, and advocates across the country for a #WICMatters twitterstorm! Use the hashtag on social media to share why #WICMatters to you and/or the communities you serve. Now is the time...
Budget Deal a Positive First Step
Lecia Imbery,
October 28, 2015
After months of partisan bickering, standoffs and crises, and thousands of actions by advocates who told Congress to #StopTheCuts, a bipartisan budget deal emerged this week. And it’s a deal that’s a responsible and positive step in the right direction. The legislation raises the debt ceiling until early 2017, avoiding...
Voters Aren’t Only Ones who Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase – GOP Candidates Would Too
Andrew Yarrow,
October 27, 2015
This post was originally published on Oxfam America’s blog, The Politics of Poverty, on October 27, 2015. Raising the minimum wage is an issue supported by voters across political ideologies – and Republican candidates have the opportunity to support workers and their families by taking a stand. As the Republicans...
Human Needs Report: Appropriations, Immigration, Sentencing Reform, and more
Joanna Sandager,
October 26, 2015
CHN just released our latest edition of the Human Needs Report, our regular newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable populations. This edition includes articles on appropriations, immigration, sentencing reform, and more. See below for the full analysis and links to each section of the report. Click here for the...
