The House Agriculture Committee proposal will cut $290 billion from SNAP, the largest cut to SNAP in history, as part of a budget package that guts basic needs programs. Millions are at risk of losing SNAP.
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National Urban League Convenes Leading Civil Rights, Economic Justice, and Policy Organizations to Launch Fair Budget Coalition
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
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
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
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
The Trump Administration has made children a political target, which is not only immoral, it’s costly for the future of our nation.
Critical Programs Helped Me Get Out of Foster Care; Now, They’re at Risk
We are America’s essential workers. We keep the nation running, even with a very low minimum wage. Americans need us more than they need to watch another billionaire buy another yacht.
The Coalition on Human Needs Publishes the 2025-2026 Public Policy Priorities Document
Every two years, the Coalition on Human Needs enlists expert staff from its member organizations to update its Public Policy Priorities, assembling a comprehensive set of policies aimed at ensuring that people can meet their basic needs and move forward as they choose.
Trump Pulls the Plug on Direct File, a Popular Money-Saving Tool for Taxpayers
Eliminating Direct File, the new and free digital tax-filing tool from the IRS, is literally taking money out of people’s pockets. Trump’s decision is a slap in the face to millions of hardworking people.
CHN Urges Congress to Vote “No” on the SAVE Act
CHN sent the letter below on April 9, 2025 to the U.S. House of Representatives asking Members to vote “No” on H.R. 22, the SAVE Act.
U.S. Workers Need Paid Parental Leave
It’s time for the U.S. to join the rest of the world’s democracies and invest in families by recognizing parental leave as a federally mandated human right.
Congress Is Taking from the Poor to Give to the Rich
“I know how it feels to be hungry and homeless. If the GOP budget passes as written, so will millions more.” Jocelyn Smith shared her point.