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Human Needs Report: DHS funding, immigration, tax cuts, and FY16 budgets
Lecia Imbery,
March 2, 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 latest edition looks at the battle in Congress over funding for the Department of Homeland Security and immigration, the ongoing FY 2016 budget hearings in the House...
Sign to tell Congress to invest in America and stop the budget cuts
Joanna Sandager,
February 27, 2015
A few weeks ago we took to Twitter to rally and tell Congress to #StopTheCuts. With your help we raised our voices and even got #StopTheCuts trending in DC. We’re still working hard to show Congress that people across the country want economic security for all of us, not just...
Help Protect Social Security and Disability Insurance
Lecia Imbery,
February 26, 2015
Yesterday we joined with the Center for American Progress, Social Security Works, and organizations and individuals from around the country for a Twitterstorm telling Congress to save Social Security and the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Trust Fund. Below is what some of you had to say. Thank you for raising...
Fact of the Week: Half of New Jobs Pay Less than a Living Wage
Lecia Imbery,
February 25, 2015
A few weeks ago, our Fact of the Week highlighted the historically low percentage of jobless workers who are receiving unemployment insurance benefits. We noted that unemployment and underemployment remain high, despite the growth in the number of jobs in recent years. But there’s another part of this story –...
Fact of the Week: Half of Low-Wage Workers Don’t Have a Single Paid Day Off
Lecia Imbery,
February 20, 2015
Almost half of workers in the lowest 25 percent of wage earners have no paid time off at all – not a single paid sick day, personal day, or vacation day, and no paid family or medical leave. For the lowest 10 percent of wage earners, the situation gets worse:...
