National Urban League Convenes Leading Civil Rights, Economic Justice, and Policy Organizations to Launch Fair Budget Coalition
Fair Budget Coalition,
May 12, 2025
Editor’s note: The following news release was published by the National Urban League, and was revised on May 12, 2025. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 10, 2025) — The National Urban League today launched the Fair Budget Coalition, a new alliance of civil rights leaders, economic justice advocates, and policy experts demanding a responsible...
Millions of Citizen Children Would be Harmed by Proposal Billed as Targeting Immigrant Tax Filers
Joe Hughes and Emma Sifre,
May 8, 2025
Blog post by ITEP, a member of CHN
Congressional Republicans have floated a proposal to strip the Child Tax Credit (CTC) from millions of children who are U.S. citizens and legal residents in situations where their parents do not have Social Security numbers (SSNs). These proposals ultimately harm citizen children.
Proposed Medicaid cuts threaten all Americans, but Latinos and other historically marginalized groups are especially vulnerable
Rocio Perez,
May 3, 2025
Blog post by UnidosUS, a member of CHN
While people of all races and ethnicities benefit from Medicaid health insurance coverage, communities of color will experience particularly severe harm from the proposed cuts.
The Impact of Trump’s Tariffs
ITEP Staff,
May 2, 2025
Blog post by ITEP, a member of CHN
For the poorest fifth of Americans, who will have incomes of less than $29,000 in 2026, the tariffs will impose a tax increase equal to 6.2 percent of their income that year.
Trump Administration’s Plan to Eliminate Head Start Threatens Child Care, Families, and Economy
Averi Pakulis and Lily Klam,
April 25, 2025
The Trump Administration has made children a political target, which is not only immoral, it’s costly for the future of our nation.
