CHN Urges the Senate to Separate DHS Appropriations Bill from Larger Package, Reject DHS Funding
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Resources from Around the Coalition: Nutrition and Hunger, Federal Budget, March Madness, and More
Leo Nguyen,
March 25, 2016
Anti-hunger efforts. Federal budget proposal analyses. Pay gap bracket picks. CHN’s coalition members are producing great work on very important issues. This week, we continue our Resources from around the Coalition blog series, highlighting important resources you should be aware of. The Food Research and Action Center recently launched a new blog, FRAC Chat....
Fact of the Week: Wage Inequality Grew in 2015 – for the 35th Year in a Row
Leo Nguyen,
March 24, 2016
A new report confirms what many Americans feel every day: the wage gap between the top and everyone else continues to grow. The good news is that real hourly wages (or, in non-economist speak, wages adjusted for inflation) grew across the board in 2015. However, the folks at the Economic...
Head Smacker: Congress Insists on Cuts to Offset Emergencies and Food for Children but Not for Corporate Tax Breaks
Leo Nguyen,
March 18, 2016
Congress has been talking about the national debt and fiscal responsibility a lot lately, especially with the release of the House budget proposal this week. They insist that our deficit is out of control and that any additional spending – even for basic human needs like feeding hungry children or...
The Flint Five: Showers, but no Snyder
David Elliot,
March 17, 2016
This week, Flint resident Laura MacIntyre got to do something she hasn’t been able to do lately: Actually take a shower. Laura and her family are in Washington, D.C. as part of the “Flint Five,” a group of Michigan families who travelled to the nation’s capital to share their stories...
The Affluent Don’t Just Live Better – They Live Longer – which is a Problem for Inequality
Andrew Yarrow,
March 17, 2016
The engine of inequality is firing on all pistons: Low-wage workers earn less while they’re working, and then get less in Social Security benefits once they retire. Inequality rears its head in many ways in contemporary America, most obviously in income and wealth. But the growing economic divide in our...
