House Budget Proposal Hurts Millions of People to Pay for Still More Breaks for the Rich
February 17, 2025
House Budget Proposal Hurts Millions of People to Pay for Still More Breaks for the Rich
February 17, 2025
Proposed budget cuts would be devastating, but it’s not too late
Joanna Sandager,
April 10, 2015
See below for a re-cap of the #StopTheCuts tweetchat and learn more about what must (and can!) be done. Then take action! There are deep, devastating cuts to critical programs that help children and families proposed in both the Senate and House budget resolutions that were recently passed. CHN, the...
How Low Wages Hurt Families and Perpetuate Poverty
Andrew Yarrow,
April 9, 2015
This post was originally published on Oxfam America’s blog, The Politics of Poverty, on April 7. Low wages for workers today are likely to predict low wages for those same workers tomorrow (and for many years after), as a new survey of research for Oxfam America by Shawn Fremstad, a Senior Fellow...
6 Things to Know about Economic Mobility (or Lack Thereof) in the US
Lecia Imbery,
April 9, 2015
Last week, I attended a conference with a very long name addressing a very big problem. The Federal Reserve System Community Research Conference; Economic Mobility: Research and Ideas on Strengthening Families, Communities and the Economy was two days of presentations and discussions about the many aspects of economic mobility –...
Join us on Twitter April 9th for a #StopTheCuts Tweetchat and Tweetstorm
Joanna Sandager,
April 8, 2015
Join the Coalition on Human Needs, Children’s Defense Fund, and other national organizations for an important tweetchat and tweetstorm on how the proposed budget cuts hurt children and families. On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 1pm ET national organizations will answer critical questions surrounding the budget and share ways to take action with #StopTheCuts. At 1:30...
Detained Mothers Who Fled Central American Violence in Holy Week Hunger Strike
Deborah Weinstein,
April 3, 2015
About 25 mothers detained at the Karnes Family Detention Camp near San Antonio, Texas have started a Holy Week hunger strike. These are among the hundreds of mothers and children held at the Karnes site because they were part of the surge fleeing violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras...
