Coalition on Human Needs: House Farm Bill is a cruel and inhumane blueprint for increasing hunger in America
May 21, 2024
A celebration of the Supreme Court decision in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by CHN’s Executive Director Deborah Weinstein
May 16, 2024
Americans are Calling for Federal Assistance to Save a Failed Private Child Care Market
Anu Adetola,
April 13, 2022
High-quality child care plays an essential role in children’s development, allows working parents to remain employed, and provides an income for child care workers. However, child care centers have become endangered species. In fact, economists are calling the child care crisis a perfect example of a market failure.
How virtual learning led to racial inequity in education achievement gaps
Sara Chepkoit,
April 8, 2022
As families continue to navigate the pandemic, Black and Latino students remain at risk academically. One critical reason involves virtual learning. Early on, virtual learning was viewed as an innovative and necessary response to school closings. Students couldn’t be in the classroom in the pandemic’s early days, but they could still learn, the thinking went. But it did not always work out that way.
Lessons about poverty in America’s heartland
CHN Staff,
April 7, 2022
I grew up poor. My single-dad grew up poor. And now, even as entrepreneurs — the embodiment of America’s “can-do” spirit and the engine of our economy — my partner and I are only just making ends meet. I’ve had to learn a lot about poverty over the years — the endless toil, the insufficient health care, the exposure to polluted environments. It grinds down the body and the spirit. But I’ve also learned that suffering can be transformed into powerful movements for change.
CHN’s latest Human Needs Report: A look at President Biden’s FY23 budget proposal
Lecia Imbery,
April 5, 2022
CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for a comprehensive look at President Biden's FY 2023 budget proposal.
CHN urges all members of U.S. Senate to support the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson
CHN Staff,
April 4, 2022
On Monday, April 4, the Coalition on Human Needs delivered a letter to all members of the U.S. Senate, urging a yes vote on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. The text of the letter, which was signed by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein, is below.
