Advocates react to President Biden’s proposed asylum ban: ‘Our families deserve dignity and respect’
David Elliot,
March 22, 2023
At a recent rally near the base of the Washington Monument, immigrant advocates gathered to demand that the Biden Administration back off its plans to institute an asylum ban for many applicants as well as a possible return to the practice of family detention, frequently used during the Trump era.
CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: An in-depth look at President Biden’s FY24 budget proposal
Leo Nguyen,
March 20, 2023
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for a comprehensive look at President Biden's FY24 budget proposal.
CHN’s COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, March 17, 2023
CHN Staff,
March 17, 2023
The show us your budget edition. President Budget released his budget proposal last week. Broadly speaking, it is based on four values: lowering costs for families, strengthening Social Security and Medicare, investing in America, and reducing the deficit, all made possible by ensuring that the wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations pay more of their fair share.
Much of Biden’s federal budget proposal is what we all need
Karen Dolan,
March 16, 2023
Biden’s commonsense budget proposal takes strong moves forward to level the grossly unequal economic playing field in this country. It shores up tattered programs for poor, low-income, and middle-income American families, no matter what we look like or where we live. As an expression of values, its proposals to invest in families and workers, protect Social Security and strengthen Medicare reflect the values of most of us.
Congress must protect child care services. Workers cannot be in two places at once.
Fadima Tall,
March 15, 2023
Every weekday during the semester, I wake up by 8 a.m. to get ready for class at my small, primarily white, liberal arts college in the wealthy Orlando suburb that is Winter Park. Once I step out of my apartment, my first destination is the on-campus café where I pick up my Chai Latte on the way to class. The young woman that works the morning shift on weekdays knows all of us students by name and always remembers my order. Despite all that she does to make my campus a welcoming environment for me, I had never considered what it was like for her as a food service worker at a private university. It wasn't until I learned of a union organizing effort among cafeteria workers that I realized the need for reform.
